Example Sentences

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It was not an overstatement, thought Mahony, to say that a stack of well-chopped, neatly piled wood meant more to Polly than all the books ever written.

From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel

She had turned the well-chopped potatoes in a hot pan in which was melted butter and set Franz to stir them that they might brown without burning.

From Pixy's Holiday Journey by Lang, George