Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Paper that is soaked in oil to make it transparent and water-resistant.
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- noun A
translucent ,waterproof paper made by soaking inoil
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun paper that has been made translucent and waterproof by soaking in oil
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Examples
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The army or SS was using this place as an assembly station taking the guns from the crates, ripping off the oilpaper wrapping and cleaning off the creosote, which had been smeared on to prevent rusting.
Garden of Beasts Deaver, Jeffery 2004
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Instead, we had two grease-soaked pancakes with a thick slab of fatty grizzly bear meat in between, wrapped in the oilpaper that people used back then.
Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001
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Instead, we had two grease-soaked pancakes with a thick slab of fatty grizzly bear meat in between, wrapped in the oilpaper that people used back then.
Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001
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Instead, we had two grease-soaked pancakes with a thick slab of fatty grizzly bear meat in between, wrapped in the oilpaper that people used back then.
Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001
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