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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to oleography.

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Examples

  • Jernington, much impressed -- for Charmian's despair had been very definite indeed, "oleographic in type," as she acknowledged to herself -- did notice, did see for himself, and inquired innocently of

    The Way of Ambition Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • It has been called notorious, lurid -- even oleographic.

    Yama: the pit Bernard Guilbert Guerney 1904

  • I cried, "how gloriously oleographic!" and the painter, removing a brush from his mouth, smiled, well pleased, and said, "I am a

    A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne

  • There is a most wonderful collection of oleographic paleographs brought over by the Americans when they discovered England .... "

    Mufti 1912

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