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Definition of Over-the-hill
1. Adjective. Too old to be useful. "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Over-the-hill
Literary usage of Over-the-hill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"He gives his opin ion that Statler was running at the tune he came over the hill
and started down it at a speed of from 50 to 60 miles an hour, ..."
2. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1873)
"A footpath over the hill, on the summit of which the burial- ground of Neef and
the Chapel of St. Peler are situated, leads in i/2 hr. to Eller, ..."
3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"The village is now very small; but the numerous ruins scattered over the hill
between ... over the hill ..."
4. Diary and correspondence of samuel pepys f.r.s.. by Samuel Pepys (1854)
"... the first time I have been over the Hill to the postern-gate, and seen the
place, since the houses were pulled down about that side of the Tower, ..."
5. The Romance of the American Theatre by Mary Caroline Crawford (1913)
"Over the hill and over the main To Flanders, Portugal and Spain; The Queen commands
and we'll obey; Over the hills and far away. ..."
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