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Examples
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An oily-faced gentleman in a dark suit, with a small mustache and earnest eyes, looked puzzled at the hysterical black woman embraced by the businesslike blonde.
html Scottoline, Lisa 2001
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An impatient, harassed, oily-faced woman who carried a clipboard asked Elizabeth her name.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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An impatient, harassed, oily-faced woman who carried a clipboard asked Elizabeth her name.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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An impatient, harassed, oily-faced woman who carried a clipboard asked Elizabeth her name.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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An impatient, harassed, oily-faced woman who carried a clipboard asked Elizabeth her name.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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An impatient, harassed, oily-faced woman who carried a clipboard asked Elizabeth her name.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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An impatient, harassed, oily-faced woman who carried a clipboard asked Elizabeth her name.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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Dionysus, as a reserve for his journey back to France, and stood chatting over old times with the fat, oily-faced Greek manager as the latter tied up his cigarettes into a clean white paper parcel, neatly sealed up with red sealing wax.
Okewood of the Secret Service Valentine Williams 1914
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Sardi Babu, the oily-faced little dealer in pillow shams, smiled slyly.
By Advice of Counsel Arthur Cheney Train 1910
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The oily-faced young man behind the bar improved the opportunity by washing a dozen or so glasses, setting them down showily on a tin tray in view of the company.
An Alabaster Box Florence Morse Kingsley 1898
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