oleograph
Americannoun
noun
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a chromolithograph printed in oil colours to imitate the appearance of an oil painting
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the pattern formed by a drop of oil spreading on water
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Origin of oleograph
Example Sentences
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It was all still and unemotional as a Sunday School oleograph.
From Man and Maid by E. (Edith) Nesbit
When it was over, I lighted her cigarette, and drew her attention to the oleograph, which pictured Gideon's astonishment at the condition of what, on examination, proved to be a large fleece.
From The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates
I've a rather striking oleograph of the Deutcher Kaiser.
From Hawtrey's Deputy by Cyrus Cuneo
At the front of the room, above the speaker's platform, hung an oleograph representing the Good Shepherd.
From Jerusalem by Velma Swanston Howard
I’ve a rather striking oleograph of the Kaiser.
From Masters of the Wheat-Lands by Harold Bindloss
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