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Definition of Overplayed
1. overplay [v] - See also: overplay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overplayed
Literary usage of Overplayed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Efficient Secretary by Ellen Lane Spencer (1916)
"WHEN LOYALTY IS overplayed There is no middle course between right and wrong for
the worker. He is either fulfilling his job and earning his salary, ..."
2. Foster's Duplicate Whist: A Complete System of Instruction in Whist Strategy by Robert Frederick Foster (1894)
"2 in the first set, we shall find that the hand he held at table A in his set
will be overplayed by thirteen other players, one in his own, and twelve in ..."
3. The Menace of Japan by Frederick McCormick (1917)
"It is possible that we have overplayed our hand in East Asia in the matter of
educational and political influences, especially in the development of Japan, ..."
4. The Menace of Japan by Frederick McCormick (1917)
"It is possible that we have overplayed our hand in East Asia in the matter of
educational and political influences, especially in the development of Japan, ..."
5. The Evolution of Whist: A Study of the Progressive Changes which the Game by William Pole (1894)
"The same hand is then taken to the other table to be " overplayed " or " duplicated,"
when the cards previously held by the New York players, AB, ..."
6. Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at by Robert Frederick Foster (1897)
"When seven sets have been played, every lady will have overplayed four hands
against every other lady and gentleman, including four held by her husband. ..."
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