oilman
[oil-man, -muh n]
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noun, plural oil·men [oil-men, -muh n] /ˈɔɪlˌmɛn, -mən/.
Origin of oilman
Usage note
See -man.
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The custom is still kept up by the descendants of the oilman.
The Faith of IslamEdward Sell
He stopped at the shop of an oilman, and offered him the honey for sale, and he bought it.
The oilman's ox stands as the accepted type of a weary toiler.
Beast and Man in IndiaJohn Lockwood Kipling
The potter supplies him with pots, the weaver with cloth, and the oilman with oil.
The Case For IndiaAnnie Besant
Then she went and lodged with an oilman, who had great jars full of oil.
Deccan Nursery TalesCharles Augustus Kincaid
oilman
noun plural -men
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