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  • noun Plural form of oilcloth.

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Examples

  • Wildly colorful floral oilcloths are the brightest reminders of Mexican folk art.

    Cooking for a Sunday Day 2008

  • Wildly colorful floral oilcloths are the brightest reminders of Mexican folk art.

    Cooking for a Sunday Day 2008

  • They managed to open the panel in the wall behind which I used to keep the guns I had retained, despite the suspension of my permit, but I had sealed them in oilcloths and plastic and dropped them in a marsh pond at the back of my property, anchored by a rope to a rock on the bank, so all they found was dust.

    The Unquiet John Connolly 2007

  • We landed with no trouble at all, and shifted the few boxes wrapped in oilcloths we carried onto the beach.

    A Sailor's Tale The Wandering Author 2007

  • We landed with no trouble at all, and shifted the few boxes wrapped in oilcloths we carried onto the beach.

    Archive 2007-05-01 The Wandering Author 2007

  • They managed to open the panel in the wall behind which I used to keep the guns I had retained, despite the suspension of my permit, but I had sealed them in oilcloths and plastic and dropped them in a marsh pond at the back of my property, anchored by a rope to a rock on the bank, so all they found was dust.

    The Unquiet John Connolly 2007

  • The gunnysacks and burlap bags were filled with meat wrapped in oilcloths they'd brought.

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • More, Caudell among them, lay down on their oilcloths, spread their blankets over themselves, and slept under the stars, with hats for pillows.

    The Guns Of The South Turtledove, Harry 1960

  • We had only the clothes we stood in, and no bed-clothing but the camels 'pads and two oilcloths.

    A Source Book of Australian History Gwendolen H. [Compiler] Swinburne

  • Along the road loose horses roamed at will, while the sides of the pike were strewn with discarded blankets, tent flies, oilcloths and clothing, the men being forced to free themselves of all surplus incumbrances in order to keep up with the moving mass.

    History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

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