well-blacked
- a word derived from black.
Example Sentences
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He might have seemed some secretary or clerk engaged in the service of the public, only that his low, flat, and unadorned cap, and his well-blacked, shining shoes, indicated that he belonged to the city.
From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir
At the back and opposite the two windows stood the well-blacked, shiny, air-tight stove.
From The Panchronicon by MacKaye, Harold Steele
He also wore amazingly tight black trousers, strapped closely over his well-blacked boots.
From Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 by Castaigne, J. André
He stopped by the stage step, and wheeling nimbly, surveyed his old-time acquaintance, noting the good hat, the prosperous watch-chain, the big, well-blacked boots.
From The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories by Wister, Owen
Cousin Tryphena's horrified eyes fell on her well-blacked stove, sending out the aromatic breath of burning white-birch sticks.
From Hillsboro People by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
