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well-won - definition and meaning
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Honestly gained; hard ly earned.
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Unless you are prepared to argue that the undecideds of NY are just as attentive to right-wing smear peddlers as the undecideds of genunine swing-states, then it is not clear to me that her well-won wins in NY really speak to the point you are trying to make.
Obama Campaign Denies Collecting "Oppo Research" On Progressive Bloggers 2009
_8, _9 So edition 1870 wanting 1832 — “But not the blessings of thy happier lot,/Nor thy well-won prosperity, and fame” 1847.
The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley 2003
He was sent home to rest and to recruit his old regiments, and was given the well-won rank of major general.
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
He was sent home to rest and to recruit his old regiments, and was given the well-won rank of major general.
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
He was sent home to rest and to recruit his old regiments, and was given the well-won rank of major general.
Lee’s Lieutenants Douglas Southall Freeman 1971
He was sent home to rest and to recruit his old regiments, and was given the well-won rank of major general.
Lee’s Lieutenants Douglas Southall Freeman 1971
He was sent home to rest and to recruit his old regiments, and was given the well-won rank of major general.
Lee’s Lieutenants Douglas Southall Freeman 1971
So these points not only contain a lawful right, but a well-defended right, a well-won right, a right which the people of
VISIT OF TRAN BUU KIEM TO CUBA 1969
On the contrary, it would only be less honourable than a well-won victory, and would be an inspiration to the men of a future fleet that would carry the banner of the
Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima John Richard Hale
Had he not stooped from his well-won , honorable height, the serene azure of his blue uniform, to sue for her?
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Various
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