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Definition of Overtrumped
1. overtrump [v] - See also: overtrump
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overtrumped
Literary usage of Overtrumped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Account of George William Wilshere, Baron Bramwell of Hever, and His by Charles Fairfield (1898)
"Just as Henry George ' overtrumped' proposals from land-reformers of the school
of Mill, Cairns, etc., so his 'single tax' was itself ..."
2. The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith (1920)
"... in which the scurrility and obscenity of the offending youth were well overtrumped.
One would be surprised at similar measures taken by a professor of ..."
3. The Life of Benjamin Disraeli: Earl of Beaconsfield by William Flavelle Monypenny, George Earle Buckle (1920)
"This time he was to deal with that University question which his rival had in
hand when he himself overtrumped him with disestablishment. ..."
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