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Money well-earned, money well-lent, money well-burned, money well-spent.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2022

The tomb, carefully stuccoed over inside and out, was built of stone and well-burned bricks.

From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Burleigh, Bennet

The fuel consists of some well-burned pieces of charcoal, which lie imbedded in white straw-ashes, with which the fire-pan is nearly filled to the brim.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882

Lizzie’s face was the color of a well-burned brick when the girls admitted they were satisfied.

From The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret by Morrison, Gertrude W.

If a lime kiln were installed in conjunction with some of our sugar factories, fresh and well-burned lime might be made as needed.

From The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 by Various