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Definition of Overhandled
1. overhandle [v] - See also: overhandle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overhandled
Literary usage of Overhandled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by New York (State) Canal commissioners, New York (State), Canal Commissioners (1873)
"... and repairing irons, at a cost of 365 45 The culvert at Monroe Springs House,
which had been leaking badly, was thoroughly overhandled and made secure. ..."
2. English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, Helen Child Sargent (1904)
"The Boy and the Mantle ' is an exceedingly good piece of minstrelsy ; much livelier
than most of the numerous variations on the somewhat overhandled theme. ..."
3. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1898)
"It was pitiful to watch the boy knocking himself to pieces, as an overhandled
colt falls down and cuts himself when he gets away from the groom. ..."
4. Father Payne by Arthur Christopher Benson (1916)
"But the thing is to flow, and largeness of production is better than little bits
of overhandled work. Mind that, my boy! It's force that tells: and that's ..."
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