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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Origin of oleograph
Example Sentences
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It was all still and unemotional as a Sunday School oleograph.
From Man and Maid by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
And she was as pretty as any oleograph of them all.
From The Incomplete Amorist by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
"Eustace!" cried Mrs. Greyne, leaning for support against an oleograph.
From The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 by Hichens, Robert Smythe
As I lay in bed I found myself looking at an oleograph which hung on the wall opposite my bed.
From Occultism and Common-Sense by Willson, Beckles
He listened, smiling like the rising sun in an oleograph, and twisting in his huge hands, that were tinted with the henna, the staff with the apple-green ribbons.
From Halima And The Scorpions 1905 by Hichens, Robert Smythe
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