oilcan
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of oilcan
Example Sentences
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Later, there’s a quick cut to a farmer pouring from an oilcan into a doghouse with such purpose on his face that you don’t ask questions.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2013
He broke in at the middle and puffed out the chest of the Indiana oilcan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Army Signal Corps team had installed a White House telephone near by; it had been left on an upturned yellow oilcan.
From Time Magazine Archive
When examined by federal agents and Navy bomb experts, it turned out to be a 28-in. disc of plywood with two radio tubes and a quart oilcan mounted on pieces of plastic.
From Time Magazine Archive
He then took a moment to carefully look the whole mechanism over, and added a few drops of oil to each gear shaft from a little oilcan in his kit.
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
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