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Definition of Over-crowding
1. Noun. Excessive crowding. "Traffic congestion"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Over-crowding
Literary usage of Over-crowding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1874)
"You will often find the most aggravated over-crowding in streets in which ...
To remove the over-crowding classes from ill to well built and "well found" ..."
2. Public Health Papers and Reports by American Public Health Association (1906)
"(12) "As to over-crowding: Little, I fear, can be accomplished in the case of
railway coaches. However, an effort should be made at least in the case of ..."
3. The Insurance Cyclopáedia: Being a Dictionary of the Definition of Terms by Cornelius Walford (1873)
"It is quite possible that a large number of persons might live in health, and
without over-crowding, upon a comparatively small area; ..."