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Origin of sweet oil

First recorded in 1575–85

Words nearby sweet oil

sweetmeal, sweetmeat, sweet mock orange, sweetness and light, sweet nothings, sweet oil, sweet pea, sweet pepper, sweet pepperbush, sweet potato, sweet roll

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How to use sweet oil in a sentence

Carbolic Acid … liquid … oil … sweet oil … castor oil … aperient … Epsom Salts … white … white of egg.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
The outside, also, well polished with sweet oil and stale milk, then enveloped in chamois leather.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
After it is on the bottle, take some of the best sweet oil and with a clean sponge wet the lace thoroughly to the inmost folds.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley
Feel as if I ought to be wrapped in cotton battin' an' sweet oil, an' laid away for awhile.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6)|John McElroy

A little butter or sweet oil added to the balls is an improvement.
A Poetical Cook-Book|Maria J. Moss

British Dictionary definitions for sweet oil

sweet oil

noun

another name for olive oil

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