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Definition of Overcleaned
1. overclean [v] - See also: overclean
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcleaned
Literary usage of Overcleaned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ivory, Apes and Peacocks: Joseph Conrad, Walt Whitman, Jules Laforgue by James Huneker (1915)
"They are both masterpieces, though the Morgan is blacker and has been overcleaned.
Since writing the above I had on my return to America the pleasure of ..."
2. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the by Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1907)
"It is a fine work, closely resembling the work of the first period, but somewhat
overcleaned. Beneath the retouching on the table the original drawing ..."
3. Keeping It Clean: Removing Exterior Dirt, Paint, Stains and Graffiti from by Anne E. Grimmer (1992)
"... historic masonry building should retain some of its before-cleaning patina,
perhaps appearing slightly "dirty," as if it had not been overcleaned. ..."
4. Treasures of Art in Great Britain: Being an Account of the Chief Collections by Gustav Friedrich Waagen (1854)
"Unfortunately rather overcleaned. Inscribed. GAROFALO.—2. St. Catherine in ecstacy,
in a landscape ; a pleasing little picture in a silvery tone unusual ..."
5. Italian Painters: Critical Studies of Their Works by GIOVANNI. MORELLI (1907)
"... background has been much overcleaned ; the month of the Madonna has been so
disfigured that she looks as though she were suffering from toothache, ..."
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