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  • 121well kept — adj. kept in good condition; well looked after; shipshape, neat, tidy, orderly (of a place); confidential, not revealed to to any person or to only a few people …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 122a kept woman — a woman who is paid to live with a man    I m tired of being a kept woman. I want to be free of him …

    English idioms

  • 123(a) kept man — humorous someone who does not work and who is given money and a place to live by the person who they are having a sexual relationship with. She was determined to find work and not become a kept woman like her sister …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 124(a) kept woman — humorous someone who does not work and who is given money and a place to live by the person who they are having a sexual relationship with. She was determined to find work and not become a kept woman like her sister …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 125a well-kept secret — something that some people know about but do not share with everyone This beautiful little restaurant has been a well kept secret until now …

    English dictionary

  • 126well-kept — well′ kept′ adj …

    From formal English to slang

  • 127stored or kept — Warehoused or deposited for safekeeping. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 921 (involving condition in insurance policy that certain articles shall not be stored or kept upon the premises.) See storing or keeping …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 128i-kept — ME. pa. pple. of keep v …

    Useful english dictionary