overplus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of overplus
1350–1400; Middle English; partial translation of Old French surplus surplus
Example Sentences
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If in his longer poems there is sometimes a lack of last finish, and an overplus of language—there is a frankness of utterance and a billowy undulation of movement that have compensating charms.
From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.
His face—that of a man whom a sufficiency, but not an overplus, of food and wine and tobacco had put into just accord with the World about him—expressed little but bewilderment.
From Abington Abbey A Novel by Marshall, Archibald
The rent may then be taken, including all expences, and the overplus left in the hands of the constable for the owner's use.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
Milford was settled partly from New Haven and partly from Wethersfield, where an overplus of clergy was leading to disputes and many withdrawals to other parts.
From The Fathers of New England A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths by Andrews, Charles McLean
Now it is clear that in this case a schoolmaster can subsist; since, in the course of the very first year, he gets an overplus beyond this dock-money of his office.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas
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