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- noun a
waterproof garment , made fromoilskin , used especially atsea
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Examples
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He glanced at the old captain, shivering in oilskins at the binnacle and holding on for dear life.
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She stood challengingly at my open door, in oilskins, sou'wester, and sea-boots.
CHAPTER XXXIV 2010
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On each of the two houses and on the poop the ship's complement, all in oilskins, was in groups.
CHAPTER XXXIII 2010
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Johnson, it seems, bought a suit of oilskins from the slop-chest and found them to be of greatly inferior quality.
Chapter 12 2010
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He glanced at the old captain, shivering in oilskins at the binnacle and holding on for dear life.
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She stood challengingly at my open door, in oilskins, sou'wester, and sea-boots.
Chapter 34 1914
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On each of the two houses and on the poop the ship's complement, all in oilskins, was in groups.
Chapter 33 1914
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Everything was wet except Maud, and she, in oilskins, rubber boots, and sou'wester, was dry, all but her face and hands and a stray wisp of hair.
Chapter 28 1904
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He glanced at the old captain, shivering in oilskins at the binnacle and holding on for dear life.
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a suit of oilskins from the slop-chest and found them to be of greatly inferior quality.
Chapter 12 1904
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