over-frequented

Updated: June 2, 2025

I met fewer beggars in proportion than one encounters in such parts of London as South Kensington and other residential regions not over-frequented by the perambulating policemen; but I was struck by the number of persons and particularly of women who wore that most pathetic of all the liveries of distress, "the look of having seen better days."

William Henry Hurlbert - Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)

Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey, and other objects worthy of note. "And where are we to lodge, Sampson?" inquired Edward. "The best hotel that I know of for man and beast is the 'Swan with Three Necks, in Holborn. It is not over-frequented by roisterers, and you will there be quiet, and, if your affairs demand it, unobserved."

Frederick Marryat - The Children of the New Forest