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English
Adjective
well-kept (comparative better-kept or more well-kept, superlative best-kept or most well-kept)
- neat, tidy, kept in good condition.
1960 June, R. C. Riley, “The coastal branches of South-East Devon: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 337:Budleigh Salterton, five miles from Exmouth, is another crossing station, and in common with most stations on the Devon branches it is clean and tidy, and has a well-kept garden.
- (of a secret) not told to anyone.
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