What is "overby"

Usage examples of "overby".

It belonged to a man who had gone to Washington on a government job and decided to stay there permanently, Ansen Overby explained uneasily.

And then, last night when we started out to talk to Copeland, Overby stole the thing.

First, Overby was short in his real estate account with Copeland and was afraid Copeland would jail him.

Ansen Overby's men were scattered now, and Overby was bellowing orders to them.

I had told Lucybelle, who thought I was crazy, and she had told Overby, whom she was dating on the sly.

I didn't know Overby was the crook until he turned up here and grabbed me.

And Doc suspected Overby when the belt disappeared, and he rigged that phony story the grass mower told and set the trap which eventually lead us here.

Ansen Overby appeared, hands in the air, bawling in fear, in stark terror.

By the time the roads were passable two days later, Jacob Overby, the rancher, had hinted broadly that there was no need for the Martins to take off in such an all-fired hurry.

When Mirelle wasn't lending Lena Overby a hand with cooking or cleaning, she sketched every aspect of the valley ranch and all its inhabitants, fowl, equine, bovine, canine and human.

A pimp by the name of Maurice Overby did a swan dive into the gutter with a new zipper cut into his chest and throat.

For an absurd instant she was reminded of Settlers Park at Overby: Families picnicking on the grass, each with its own traditional blanket and food lockers.