Example Sentences

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A well-cured strip bait will endure hours of trolling.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now the latest earnings reports are as golden as well-cured burley.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Odysseus came, the good servant sat shaping to his feet oxhide for sandals, cutting the well-cured leather.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

As far as total digestibility is concerned, there appears to be but little difference between green and well-cured cheese.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry

Jamaica spirits, 1 bottle flour of mustard, 2 well-cured hams, ½ doz. dried tongues, 6 lbs. rice, 6 lbs. raisins.

From Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) by Franklin, Benjamin