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English
Adjective
well-merited
- Fully merited, richly deserved, well-earned.
1946 January and February, G. A. Sekon, “The L.B.S.C.R. West Coast Section”, in Railway Magazine, page 15:At each station is a level crossing, in addition to others away from stations, and, as both the road and rail traffic are heavy, the gatekeepers (mostly signalmen) are quite busy and have acquired well-merited mention for reducing delays to road traffic to a minimum.
1961 July, “Editorial: Sir Brian begs the questions”, in Trains Illustrated, page 385:One is reluctant to sour the well-merited tributes paid to Sir Brian Robertson on his retirement from the Chairmanship of the B.T.C.
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