overplus

Example Sentences

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There was a very great overplus of every thing, it seemed, in the world.

From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

Her cloudy condition possibly indicates an overplus of water.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck

“You may judge, my lord; the poor people pay with the overplus of the harvest; this year there has been no overplus; on the contrary, every one is behind in point even of necessities.”

From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Manzoni, Alessandro

The rent may then be taken, including all expences, and the overplus left in the hands of the constable for the owner's use.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

If in his longer poems there is sometimes a lack of last finish, and an overplus of language—there is a frankness of utterance and a billowy undulation of movement that have compensating charms.

From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.