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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Between the dirtysugar sands of the desert and the oleograph sky it was a third band of brilliant color, monstrously outofplace.
From Greener Than You Think by Ward Moore
Just now I saw the interior of that room in the Stotts' cottage so clearly that I had an image of a dreadful oleograph of Disraeli hanging on the wall.
From The Wonder by J. D. (John Davys) Beresford
An oleograph of Queen Victoria in coronation robes hung on one side and the painted photograph of a Nonconformist divine, Bible in hand, whiskered and cravatted, upon the other.
From The Necromancers by Robert Hugh Benson
"Eustace!" cried Mrs. Greyne, leaning for support against an oleograph.
From The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 by Robert Smythe Hichens
Do you suppose if I'd an awful oleograph of you, even—that I'd keep it as a souvenir?
From The Twelfth Hour by Ada Leverson
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