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Definition: TO KEEP GOOD |
TO KEEP GOOD1. (or bad) hours , to be customarily early (or late) in returning home or in retiring to rest. -- To keep house . (a) To occupy a separate house or establishment, as with one's family, as distinguished from boarding; to manage domestic affairs. (b) (Eng. Bankrupt Law) To seclude one's self in one's house in order to evade the demands of creditors. -- To keep one's hand in , to keep in practice. -- To keep open house , to be hospitable. -- To keep the peace (Law), to avoid or to prevent a breach of the peace. -- To keep school , to govern, manage and instruct or teach a school, as a preceptor. -- To keep a stiff upper lip , to keep up one's courage. [Slang] -- To keep term . (a) (Eng. Universities) To reside during a term. (b) (Inns of Court) To eat a sufficient number of dinners in hall to make the term count for the purpose of being called to the bar. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. |
Expression using "TO KEEP GOOD": To keep good hours. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "TO KEEP GOOD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | eláll (étel). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | otay eepkay oodgay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-g-k-o-o-o-p-t" | |
-5 letters: depot, epode, geode, godet, kedge, opted, pekoe, poked, toked, toped, topee. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F      4B 45 45 50      47 4F 4F 44 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01001011 01000101 01000101 01010000 00100000 01000111 01001111 01001111 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   K E E P   G O O D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F      004B 0045 0045 0050      0047 004F 004F 0044 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5449245393950241494938 |
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