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oil patch

noun Slang.
  1. an area in which oil is produced.
  2. the petroleum industry.

Origin of oil patch

First recorded in 1960–65
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Contemporary Examples of oil patch

  • The Bush family, with its Yankee and Ivy League origins and its oil-patch mythology, is both Northern and Western.

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    Bush-Cheney 2012?

    Reihan Salam

    May 19, 2009