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Definition of Into the bargain
1. Adverb. In addition; over and above what is expected. "He lost his wife in the bargain"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Into The Bargain
Literary usage of Into the bargain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"... add that I ought to have trusted to her intervention, for then I should have
been quickly paid, and should have received so much more into the bargain. ..."
2. A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737: By by William Stephens (1906)
"... who sought for Work, whilst our Countrymen refused it without exorbitant Wages;
and even those I got must have Provisions into the Bargain. SATURDAY. ..."
3. Letters to His Son: On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh (1901)
"... history, and geography; some Latin may be thrown into the bargain, in compliance
with custom, and for closet amusement. You are, by this time, ..."
4. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"... fidelity, tender-heartedness (which you will wonder at), discretion, and all
good qualities, and Infallibility into the bargain. ..."
5. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany: With by Delany (Mary) (1861)
"Monday packing, and company dines here into the bargain, which is a little
troublesome. I can get some good thread for you—let me know what you would ..."
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