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Definition of Overreachers
1. overreacher [n] - See also: overreacher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overreachers
Literary usage of Overreachers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Sacred Literature by John Kitto, Henry Burgess, Benjamin Harris Cowper (1864)
"9—11, we have, " I wrote to you in my epistle not to associate with fornicators;
not absolutely the fornicators of this world, or the overreachers ..."
2. Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood by William Holman Hunt (1905)
"I would not at first allow myself to believe that he belonged to the legion of
liars and overreachers. There was the possibility that some unavoidable ..."
3. Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood by William Holman Hunt (1905)
"I would not at first allow myself to believe that he belonged to the legion of
liars and overreachers. There was the possibility that some unavoidable ..."
4. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"It may serve to explain many fancied inconsistencies in the conduct of the
overreachers in all ajres." [Inferiority of Mercenaria to Citizen ..."
5. A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical: Of the Various by John Ramsay McCulloch, Frederick Martin (1866)
"Their governments are systems of extortion and tyranny ; their traders are
fraudulent, corrupt, and dishonest overreachers ; the individuals of their ..."
6. M'Culloch's Universal Gazetteer: A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical by John Ramsay McCulloch, Daniel Haskel (1843)
"... corrupt, aad dishonest overreachers ; the Individuals of their communities
are sunk into the lowest state of ignorance and debauchery. ..."
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