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Her fictions sit on the page with the well-rubbed assurance of fact, as if their details were calmly agreed upon, and long established.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 17, 2014

All about me was spotless and bright—scoured floor, polished grate, and well-rubbed chairs.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

He'll marry her to a certainty—that's as clear as a well-rubbed bayonet.

From The Chouans by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

They should be covered with well-rubbed straw, pressed down carefully and gently.

From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh

Well-cleaned and well-rubbed, his house should also be every day fumigated with the smoke of clarified butter poured on his sacred fire in honour of the deities and the Pitris.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan