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Definition of Overclean
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overclean
Literary usage of Overclean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of English Literature by Hippolyte Taine (1900)
"... in a full suit of plain brown clothes," and with not overclean linen, suffering
from morbid melancholy since his birth, and moreover a hypochondriac. ..."
2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"The water-side of Havre is not unlike that of Liverpool or New York ; the streets
are narrow, and not overclean; drinking shops abound ; and sometimes the ..."
3. The Bookman (1896)
"His clothes were unbrushed and shabby ; his shirt-front was coarse and plain,
like a night-shirt ; a frayed and not overclean blue necktie, ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"From the way in which he spoke, I imagined, iu my innocence, that his room was
at my elbow ; but no such thing—we had to ascend a long, and not overclean ..."
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