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Whenever you see a well-blacked boot in the street, in the counting-house, or in the sanctity of home, fix your eyes upon it.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 31, 1890 by Various

And then a lean figure, with two well-blacked eyes, and a face otherwise disfigured, disconnected itself from its fellow, rose to its haunches, and stared at me with wild dismay.

From The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

He never wore boots, but always white stockings and well-blacked long-quartered shoes.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza

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

At the back and opposite the two windows stood the well-blacked, shiny, air-tight stove.

From The Panchronicon by MacKaye, Harold Steele