Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A factory where fish-oil is made.
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Examples
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We returned on board, taking the cannery and oil-factory on the way, and finding it impossible to forget them for some time afterward.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska Charles Warren Stoddard 1876
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_oil-factory_ nerves in the nose like Cherry does; though I don't see how she ever remembers those long words and what part of the body they b'long to.
Heart of Gold Ruth Alberta Brown
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