Bath Oliver

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noun

British a kind of unsweetened biscuit

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Word Origin for Bath Oliver

C19: named after William Oliver (1695–1764), a physician at Bath

Words nearby Bath Oliver

bath mat, bath mitzvah, batho-, bathochromic, batholith, Bath Oliver, bathometer, Bathonian, bathophilous, bathos, bathrobe

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How to use Bath Oliver in a sentence

He gets up and goes over to their table and introduces himself, and he says, ‘Hello, I’m Oliver Reed.
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Then I see all those couples quarreling in Bed, Bath, and Beyond.
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For example, it views comedian and Last Week Tonight host John Oliver as a credible threat to the Thai power structure.
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He opens up about the bogus Midnight Express, Oliver Stone on blow, and his riveting one-man show.
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But that was Oliver expunging all this anger he had from not being able to get Platoon made yet, which was his baby.
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But some one, perhaps it was Robert, thought of a bath at that mystic hour and under that mystic moon.
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Then said Nqong from his bath in the salt-pan, "Come and ask me about it to-morrow, because I'm going to wash."
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Oliver coloured involuntarily to find that the old thief had been reading his thoughts; but boldly said, Yes, he did want to know.
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When partially exhausted the aluminum shutters are dipped into a bath of shellac.
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For one brief moment Oliver cast a hurried glance along the empty street, and a cry for help hung upon his lips.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens