oiler
Origin of oiler
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How to use oiler in a sentence
The Edmonton Oilers have a young squad that should be able to explode out of the gate.
Week in Review: Cheat Sheet to the Week’s Big News (VIDEO) | Kevin Fallon | January 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOilers are also injured by straining from heating caused by the steam acting on cold oil when all the cocks are closed.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. StephensonThe auxiliary oilers would have to be used to lubricate the cylinders.
The Traveling Engineers' Association | AnonymousWe'll go over to the fish house an' ye can put on some oilers an' save yer good clothes.
Uncle Terry | Charles Clark MunnOilers holding oil cans and waste clambered in and out of the rotating masses of iron with astounding sureness and boldness.
Atlantis | Gerhart Hauptmann
Nobody at the job stayed dry for more than three minutes; a bathing-suit would have been more to the point than oilers.
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British Dictionary definitions for oiler
/ (ˈɔɪlə) /
a person, device, etc, that lubricates or supplies oil
an oil tanker
an oil well
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