Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An apparatus used in well-boring for mineral oils.
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Examples
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Where else can you discover how oil-derrick pollution conflicts with water spirits, or see how a tabletop model of utopian Lagos ironically contrasts with the actual city?
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What's the trouble with him, that long, lank cadaver, old oil-derrick out of a job-who is that? "
Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910
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What's the trouble with him, that long, lank cadaver, old oil-derrick out of a job -- who is that? "
Mark Twain's Speeches Mark Twain 1872
ruzuzu commented on the word oil-derrick
Also see Samson post.
September 28, 2022