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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Example Sentences
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That was really most singular green hair on that Christ in the oleograph.
From Hunger by Hamsun, Knut
One day he stood before the oleograph, apparently examining with deep interest the different aspects of the Swiss scenery.
From A Mummer's Wife by Moore, George (George Augustus)
I’ve a rather striking oleograph of the Kaiser.
From Masters of the Wheat-Lands by Bindloss, Harold
For the floor was actually clean, there was a table and two chairs, and a cheap oleograph of his Majesty the Emperor pinned to the plank wall.
From From Paris to New York by Land by De Windt, Harry
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 Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)
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