Hello friends today we are discuss this question, the question is -“…but you forget that he is overshot…”-What is spoken about? Whom does it belong? For how much was it bought? What is the meaning of ‘overshot’? What does its owner consider it to be?
In the above mentioned line Lomov speaks about a dog called Squeezer. Squeezer belongs to Chubukov and Natalya. Squeezer was bought for 85 roubles. “Overshot’ means a defect in the jaw where the lower jaw is shorter than the upper one. Natalya, Squeezer’s owner, considers Squeezer, the son of Harness and Chisels to be a thoroughbred animal. She also adds that Squeezer is far better than Guess in every aspect, even pedigree.