Oilpatch

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A patch or puddle of oil.

    "Near-synonyms: oil spot, oil slick"

  2. 2
    An oil and gas producing region; (metonymic) the oil and gas industry. informal

    "Like many men of that era and region, he wandered into the oilpatch and worked as a roustabout for a while."

Synonyms

All synonyms
oil slickoil spot

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"Near-synonyms: oil spot, oil slick"

Etymology

From oil + patch.

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