Oilskinned

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Wearing an oilskin. not-comparable

    "He let the left side of his face fall on an oilskinned sleeve and his eyes were shut — not screwed up but lightly closed."

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"He let the left side of his face fall on an oilskinned sleeve and his eyes were shut — not screwed up but lightly closed."

Etymology

From oilskin + -ed.

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