overspill
[ verb oh-ver-spil; noun oh-ver-spil ]
Origin of overspill
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How to use overspill in a sentence
The Westerners are the overspill of the enterprising population of the East.
Speeches of Benjamin Harrison | Benjamin HarrisonA Kaffir tribe to the north-east of the Rooirand had known of it, but they had never worked it, but only collected the overspill.
Prester John | John Buchan
British Dictionary definitions for overspill
overspill
noun(ˈəʊvəˌspɪl)
something that spills over or is in excess
(as modifier): overspill population
verb(ˌəʊvəˈspɪl) -spills, -spilling, -spilt or -spilled
(intr) to overflow
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