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small clear one or better yet
Fire. Remember that the best fire for cooking is a small, clear one, or better yet, a few brisk coals.
— from Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss

small clear one or better yet
The best fire for individual cooking is a small, clear one, or, better yet, a few brisk coals.
— from Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917. To be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by United States. War Department

she could on occasion be yielding
To Uncle Ab himself, as she had come to call him, she could on occasion be yielding and affectionate; but that, as Mrs. Travers took care to point out to her, was a small thing to her credit.
— from Malvina of Brittany by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

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