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Definition of Overdressing
1. overdress [v] - See also: overdress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdressing
Literary usage of Overdressing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Polite Society at Home and Abroad: A Complete Compendium of Information Upon by Annie Randall White (1891)
"Overdressing. Avoid overdressing. A lady should not serve as a lay ... Overdressing
is particularly an error into which school-girls are liable to fall. ..."
2. Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas by Geological Survey of Arkansas (1888)
"Overdressing with Marl.—On sandy lands, poor in vegetable matter, overdressing
happens more easily, and must be guarded against. If at all practicable, ..."
3. Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas by Arkansas Geological Survey (1888)
"On sandy lands, poor in vegetable matter, overdressing happens more easily, ...
The effects on a corn crop, of overdressing with calcareous marls, ..."
4. The Virginia Tourist: Sketches of the Springs and Mountains of Virginia by Edward Albert Pollard (1870)
"There is quite too much overdressing and emblazoning, and the air of conscious
... The overdressing is awful, and may well alarm the political and social ..."
5. Marion Harland's Complete Cook Book: A Practical and Exhaustive Manual of by Marion Harland (1906)
"What gives mince pie its ill repute as the very spawn of nightmare, are its
overdressing with suet and butter, only fit for polar consumption, ..."
6. The Elements of Physiology and Hygiene: A Text-book for Educational Institutions by Thomas Henry Huxley, William Jay Youmans (1868)
"Overdressing the Throat.—Muffling the throat is very common, particularly among
children, and it is often remarked that those who wrap it the most are the ..."
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