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hammered

adjective B2
  1. Having been hit with a hammer or hammer-like object.
  2. Overcooked.
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While he hammered away at his metals the Dog slept; but when, on the other hand, he went to dinner and began to eat, the Dog woke up and wagged his tail, as if he would ask for a share of his meal.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 101 · B2
I went to my work as usual at ten o’clock, but the door was shut and locked, with a little square of cardboard hammered on to the middle of the panel with a tack.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 14 · B2

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