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Oil-silk   Listen
noun
oil-silk  n.  Silk treated with oil to make it water-tight; it is used to make raincoats.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Oil-silk" Quotes from Famous Books



... shoulders, made a bundle of his linen in his handkerchief, dried his soap, and put it carefully into a little oil-silk bag—then, whistling his favorite air of Tirlemont, moved ...
— The Wandering Jew, Complete • Eugene Sue


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