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Spoilt by every ounce of influence a jealous or ironical world can muster, spoilt by habit, by contrast, by obtuseness quite as much as by overclose understanding.

From The Intelligence of Woman by George, Walter Lionel

We were standin' in to make some sort o' light, an' we near walked over twa three fishin'-boats, an' they cried us we were overclose to Falmouth.

From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Kipling, Rudyard

Friends, old and new, have a function in relieving the overclose concern of one marriage partner with the other.

From The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book by Bigelow, William F. (William Frederick)