well-knotted
- a word derived from knotted.
Example Sentences
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Back when “swag” was merely “style,” Downey acquired a comically expensive ascot collection to seemingly prove Oscar Wilde’s adage that “a well-knotted cravat is the first serious step in a man’s life.”
From Washington Post
By adding to those companies Montana Power, American Power & Light has a well-knotted system tying the northwest communities snugly together.
From Time Magazine Archive
Half an hour's hard work saw the heap of clothing converted into a stout, well-knotted rope.
From Jack Haydon's Quest by Jellicoe, John
He could not have locked his door without undoing his well-knotted string and retarding his supper; it was not worth his while to make that sacrifice.
From Silas Marner by Eliot, George
There is no controverting a critic who has twenty stout rowers, and twenty well-knotted rope-ends.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
