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well-turned

Translation
well-turned
adjective Date: 1616 1. symmetrically shaped or rounded ; shapely 2. concisely and appropriately expressed <
a well-turned phrase
> 3. expertly rounded or turned <
a well-turned column
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

  
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