oiled
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In college, I found a treadle machine in an empty dorm room, oiled it and made a blouse and quilt.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
When I finally nailed a roast chicken — buttered and oiled, stuffed with lemon wedges and hunks of onion and fennel — I felt like a goddess.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
Over the following months the wood is cut, settled, rounded, spliced, planed, fitted with a brass tip and leather pad, sanded in nine different ways, oiled, and finally waxed, before being complete.
From BBC • May 2, 2025
Exterior walls, built from Douglas fir, were freshly oiled and flammable.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025
He was home from the University of Montana for the summer, all tan and oiled up and smelling like vanilla extract and onion.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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