Mr. Lincoln was not overparticular in his matter of dress, and was also careless in his manners. From Wordnik.com. [The Lincoln Story Book] Reference
Dekker was a most voluminous writer, and not always overparticular whence he got, or how he used, the material for his tracts and plays. From Wordnik.com. [Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896]] Reference
Let the reader who deems me overparticular remember this caution of Martial. From Wordnik.com. [The Biglow Papers] Reference
Austrian princes, and so on, I was extremely particular, perhaps overparticular. From Wordnik.com. [Quaint Courtships] Reference
As a rule she was not overparticular, but just then she was in that state of nerves when little things fretted her. From Wordnik.com. [Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters] Reference
She was not overparticular in washing her feet, but she wore her boots so tight that she suffered martyrdom in honor of. From Wordnik.com. [L'Assommoir] Reference
We were slouches, I know, with rumpled hair and, I fear not overparticular as to our linen during the greater part of the week. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference
He was never an impetuous man; always a thoughtful and methodical one, and always overparticular in respecting the courtesies of life. From Wordnik.com. [Tides of Barnegat] Reference
Then you will ruin me too, for Sam Raynes -- not that he is overparticular, nor that he cares twopence about refinement, or anything of that sort -- would not care to marry a girl whose -- whose sister was put in prison. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Kitty] Reference
In the above stated instance, and others similar to it, it at first seems as if the spirits were overparticular, and "finnicky" about the conditions, but a little careful thought will show you that this is not the real state of affairs at all. From Wordnik.com. [Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers] Reference
I had heard before getting there that the breechless sons of the Lothians were not averse to a wee drop of "rock and rye," and not overparticular if the rock was left out, and faith, Mr. Speaker, observations convinced me that they had not been slandered. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections and reflections : an auto of half a century and more,] Reference
The author's studies, however, lead him to conclude that, whatever may have been the original demands of the gods, in the long run they were not overparticular and were not only willing to put up with, but were well pleased so long as the offering contained, good pork or fish and strong awa. From Wordnik.com. [Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula] Reference
We're all comfortable enough off to be overparticular. ". From Wordnik.com. [Friendship Village] Reference
I am not overparticular; very small pleasures content me; and there's a fellow whom I love. ". From Wordnik.com. [Wild Kitty] Reference
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