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Tried and true   /traɪd ənd tru/   Listen
Tried and true

adjective
1.
Tested and proved to be reliable.  Synonyms: tested, time-tested, tried.






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"Tried and true" Quotes from Famous Books



... Duke was not only a soldier; he had been a statesman, tried and true as far as his vision extended; brave here no less than in the stricken field, honest with an upright man's straightforwardness, wise with a practical man's sense of what could and could not be done, what must be yielded when ...
— Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, (Victoria) Vol II • Sarah Tytler

... he saw himself a boy at school, a youth at college, a grown man filling a position of trust in a large business concern. In those days, wherever he might turn, there was one figure standing out before all others, one friend, tried and true. When boys at school this friend had saved his life; when young men at college, it was to this friend's continued help he owed any little success he may have attained. After leaving college, his position was secured through the kindly offices of this same friend ...
— The Alchemist's Secret • Isabel Cecilia Williams

... satisfied with his horse, "Old Abe," and, as shown at the Presidential election of 1864, made up his mind to keep him, and not "swap" the tried and true animal for a strange one. "Harper's Weekly" of November 12th, 1864, had a cartoon which illustrated how the people of the United States felt about the matter better than anything published at the time. We reproduce it on this page. Beneath ...
— Lincoln's Yarns and Stories • Alexander K. McClure



Words linked to "Tried and true" :   dependable, time-tested, reliable



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