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crowding

/ˈkɹaʊdɪŋ/ noun B2
  1. The act by which somebody is crowded.

Plural crowdings

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I was so used to crowding in all the fine big words I could think of--and I thought of any number of them.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 264 · C1
To this question the smugglers replied that, although successful in landing their cargo in safety, they had scarcely done so when they received intelligence that a guard-ship had just quitted the port of Toulon and was crowding all sail towards them.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 266 · C1
If I was compelled to leave you without much news during the early days of my mission you must acknowledge that I am making up for lost time, and that events are now crowding thick and fast upon us.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 102 · C1

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