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Oilskin

noun
1.
A macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof.  Synonym: slicker.





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"Oilskin" Quotes from Famous Books



... sea fog?" asked a voice at the boys' rear, and Bahama Bill appeared, wrapped in an oilskin jacket. "It puts me in mind of a fog I onct struck off the coast o' Lower Californy. We was in it fer four days an' it was so thick ye could cut it with a cheese knife. Why, sir, one day it got so thick the sailors went to the bow an' ...
— The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle - or The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht. • Edward Stratemeyer (AKA Arthur M. Winfield)


Words linked to "Oilskin" :   macintosh, mac, slicker, mack, mackintosh


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