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well-oiled, ppl. a.
(lit. and fig.).
1740Somerville Hobbinol ii. 34 The well-oil'd Champion shone. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. (1821) I. 54 Rip Van Winkle..was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy. 1847Tennyson Princess iii. 117 Sir, I was courteous, every phrase well-oil'd, As man's could be. 1897Outing XXIX. 536/1 Since then she [the gun] has slumbered in well-oiled security. 1899[see oiled ppl. a. 3]. |