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Definition of Overtoiled
1. overtoil [v] - See also: overtoil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overtoiled
Literary usage of Overtoiled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proverbs of Alfred by Alfred (1907)
"That light misdemeanour she might give up, if she were often overtoiled in ...
B has—' If she, overtoiled, were covered with sweat as she never thought (to ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1898)
"To them of Troy, that, haply smit with fear, They may desist from battle, and
the host Of Grecian warriors, overtoiled, may breathe »s° In a brief respite ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"To the dullest peasant, as he sits sluggish, overtoiled,"by his evening hearth,
one idea has come: that of Chateaus burnt; of Chateaus combustible. ..."
4. Narratives of Early Virginia, 1606-1625 by Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1907)
"... (whome none could perswade to stay behind) being somewhat ill and exceeding
heavie, so overtoiled himselfe, ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1820)
"... for relaxation of their own strained faculties, for refreshment and restoration
to their overtoiled minds,— such works must be a precious delight, ..."
6. Adventures of a Younger Son by Edward John Trelawny (1890)
"The bread you eat may not be the whitest or the lightest; but it is not stained
by the blood and sweat of the galled and overtoiled captive, or leavened in ..."
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