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well-kept, ppl. a.
Carefully preserved or stored; faithfully observed or guarded; maintained in good order or condition.
14..in Rel. Ant. I. 233 He shall never have good larder, faire gardeyn, nor wele kepte councell. 1613–16W. Browne Brit. Past. i. ii. 43 That well kept Register wherein is writ All ils men doe. c1670O. Heywood Diaries (1881) II. 348 How much reall comfort a Christian hath in a well-kept fast. 1763Museum Rust. I. 143 A well-kept garden. 1865Dublin Univ. Mag. I. 19 Ruddy as a well-kept apple. 1871Le Fanu Rose & Key II. 271 A well-kept road across a melancholy moor. 1898C. M. Yonge John Keble's Parishes xiv. 157 Well-kept, picturesque cottages. 1915Edin. Rev. July 101 The well-kept secrets of the older Gods. |