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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Knee-breeches.

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  • noun Plural form of overstock.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overstock.

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Examples

  • Sierra Trading Post purchases brand name overstocks, closeouts and 2nds, and passes the savings on to its customers - selling outdoor gear, shoes, men's clothing, women's clothing, accessories and home furnishings at 35 to 70% savings every day.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • Sierra Trading Post purchases brand name overstocks, closeouts and 2nds, and passes the savings on to its customers - selling outdoor gear, shoes, men's clothing, women's clothing, accessories and home furnishings at 35 to 70% savings every day.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • Sierra Trading Post purchases brand name overstocks, closeouts and 2nds, and passes the savings on to its customers - selling outdoor gear, shoes, men's clothing, women's clothing, accessories and home furnishings at 35 to 70% savings every day.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • Earlier this fall I discovered Half Price Books — it is a Midwest chain of used bookstores that carries both used and overstocks.

    Rose Levy Beranbaum's Sour Cream Coffee Cake: Fragrant with Apples and Reminiscent of Home Laura 2008

  • Earlier this fall I discovered Half Price Books — it is a Midwest chain of used bookstores that carries both used and overstocks.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Laura 2008

  • They've done this to me before several times when a book is about to come out in paperback, getting rid of overstocks I suppose.

    Your autumn paperback reads Maxine 2007

  • A good part of TJX's business consists of buying overstocks and prior season fashions — often with brand-name labels — from manufacturers at deep discounts and reselling them at bargain prices.

    Discounter TJX Posts 7.9% Rise in Profit 2009

  • They've done this to me before several times when a book is about to come out in paperback, getting rid of overstocks I suppose.

    Your autumn paperback reads Maxine 2007

  • They've done this to me before several times when a book is about to come out in paperback, getting rid of overstocks I suppose.

    June 2007 Maxine 2007

  • Its new Famous Brand Electronics will carry factory overstocks and clearance merchandise.

    Shufflin' At The Shack 2008

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