good oil
Britishnoun
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A good oil delivers enough of a burn to cause a catch in your throat and often a cough.
From The Guardian • Apr. 23, 2017
“A good wine lasts one dinner; a good oil lasts many meals,” said Michele Porcu of I Greppi di Silli.
From New York Times • May 22, 2015
What were the drivers, where did all this good oil come from?
From Forbes • Jul. 14, 2014
Said he: Socony is finding good oil at depths as shallow as 3,000 ft. and will drill eight to ten wells there this year.
From Time Magazine Archive
A good oil should congeal well in five minutes at a temperature of 54.5° Fahr.; fraudulent additions lower the congealing point.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various
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