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oil painting

noun

Definitions

  1. A painting done with oil paints.

  2. The art of painting with oil paints.

  3. A physically attractive person.

    • "Very lovely!" he said, staring her straight in the face. "You needn't try and be funny!" she said. "If you mean me, I'm no oil-painting, and I know it!"
    • Wayne Swan: All I can say is that she's a much more attractive person than the Prime Minister. George Brandis: You're not exactly an oil painting yourself, Wayne.

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