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glut

Excess of goods in a market. For example, a glut of agricultural produce often follows an exceptional harvest, causing prices to fall unless there is some form of intervention in the market.



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They may come upon him when he sleeps and glut their revenge; but you will be safe.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
The long lances, the heavy maces, the sixbladed battle axes, and the well tempered swords of the knights played havoc among them, so that the rout was complete; but, not content with victory, Prince Edward must glut his vengeance, and so he pursued the citizens for miles, butchering great numbers of them, while many more were drowned in attempting to escape across the Ouse.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Sowerberry was disposed to be his friend; so, between these three on one side, and a glut of funerals on the other, Oliver was not altogether as comfortable as the hungry pig was, when he was shut up, by mistake, in the grain department of a brewery.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
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