Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An establishment where oil is manufactured for the market and sold.
- noun The commodities of an oilman.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The business, the place of business, or the goods, of a maker of, or dealer in, oils.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
business orgoods of a dealer inoils .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Young as I was, I had learned that a constable's acts, of whatever apparent character, are prompted by the most reprehensible motives, and I avoided him by dodging into the oilery by a side door which happened to stand ajar.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales Ambrose Bierce 1878
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Anyhow, I deemed it prudent not to enter the oilery with them that night, but slept outside in a stable.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales Ambrose Bierce 1878
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She removed not only superfluous and unwelcome babes to order, but went out into the highways and byways, gathering in children of a larger growth, and even such adults as she could entice to the oilery.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales Ambrose Bierce 1878
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It had been my custom to throw the babes into the river which nature had thoughtfully provided for the purpose, but that night I did not dare to leave the oilery for fear of the constable.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales Ambrose Bierce 1878
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