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- In fact I've had several market appraisals done in recent years, with the consensus being that my house hasn't fallen in price (as everything else in the county has, especially commercial properties like my former store), but has even appreciated somewhat; it seems that older, "vintage" homes in as pristine condition as mine rarely become available, and when they do there's not even time enough to stick the sign on the front lawn before they're sold.†
p. 17.9
- No doubt pristine and purchaser-ready.†
p. 67.7 *
- I saw her as I believe any good father would, with pride and wonder and the most innocent (if impossible) measure of longing, an aching hope that she stay forever pristine, unsoiled.†
p. 114.8
- She's come with pictures of the renovations, all disarmingly, exactingly right In a few minutes she will escort me out and drive me back swiftly to Bedley Run and show me the door to my prime vintage home, every last tint and scent of offending smoke steam-cleaned from the carpets, from the drapes, from the antiqued upholstery of the chairs, the place in showcase, immaculate, pristine and classic condition, appearing just as though I have not lived there every day for the last thirty years of my life.†
p. 119.2
- Its pristine sleep still unbroken, undisturbed.†
p. 305.9
- And as I make my way up the rise of the hill, it now comes fully into view, the staggered pointing of the chimneys, and the double steeples and bluish leaded panes, and the crossed beaming of the stuccoed Tudor style, my house a lovely, standing forgery, pristine enough and old enough that it passes most every muster.†
p. 352.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(pristine) unspoiled or immaculately clean
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)