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well-made

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What does well-made mean?

adjective

  1. Properly constructed or manufactured.

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Not every shoe of smooth shining leather, but every shoe well-made, shews the shape of the foot within.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
God has forbidden that anything should be merely harmful or merely waste in this so wise and well-made world.
Charles KingsleySanitary and Social Lectures and EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1637
More book examples (3)
“Here is monsieur, who knows a well-made shoe when he sees one. Show him that shoe you are working at. Take it, monsieur.”
Charles DickensA Tale of Two CitiesProject Gutenberg ebook #98
For this purpose nothing is so good as the fur of the reindeer, but next to that well-made woollen stockings are the best.
William H. (William Henry) GilderSchwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin RecordsProject Gutenberg ebook #6594
He was a tall, broad-shouldered, well-made man, apparently about thirty years of age, with handsome regular features, not tattooed, and a quiet good-humoured expression of countenance.
Henry Walter BatesThe Naturalist on the River AmazonsProject Gutenberg ebook #2440