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Definition of Overstocked
1. overstock [v] - See also: overstock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overstocked
Literary usage of Overstocked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. America and Her Resources: Or, A View of the Agricultural, Commercial by John Bristed (1818)
"But if the bar be, at present, overstocked with numbers, it is of no importance.
... If it be overstocked, the practice will be so monopolized by its abler ..."
2. History of the Middle and Working Classes: With a Popular Exposition of the by John Wade (1834)
"... as respects Condition of Labouring Classes—Cannot relieve an overstocked
Labour-Market—France in 1830—Taxation—Lavish Public Expenditure ..."
3. Physic and Physicians: A Medical Sketch Book, Exhibiting the Public and by Forbes Winslow (1839)
"Lord North, Dr. R., and the King—overstocked condition of the Profession—Causes
of it—Medical Aristocracy—Openings at New Orleans—United States of ..."
4. Political Dictionary: Forming a Work of Universal Reference, Both by Charles Knight (1846)
"... square mile. miles is overstocked by as many individuals : in nations which
have readied the highest degree of civilization hitherto known, ..."
5. A Geographical and Commercial View of Northern Central Africa: Containing a by James MacQueen (1821)
"I. Colonies necessary to Great Britain—France anxious to colonize Africa—New
markets can alone relieve our trade—Old overstocked—Africa, ..."
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