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  • An oily-faced gentleman in a dark suit, with a small mustache and earnest eyes, looked puzzled at the hysterical black woman embraced by the businesslike blonde.

    html Scottoline, Lisa 2001

  • An impatient, harassed, oily-faced woman who carried a clipboard asked Elizabeth her name.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • An impatient, harassed, oily-faced woman who carried a clipboard asked Elizabeth her name.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • An impatient, harassed, oily-faced woman who carried a clipboard asked Elizabeth her name.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • An impatient, harassed, oily-faced woman who carried a clipboard asked Elizabeth her name.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • An impatient, harassed, oily-faced woman who carried a clipboard asked Elizabeth her name.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • An impatient, harassed, oily-faced woman who carried a clipboard asked Elizabeth her name.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • Dionysus, as a reserve for his journey back to France, and stood chatting over old times with the fat, oily-faced Greek manager as the latter tied up his cigarettes into a clean white paper parcel, neatly sealed up with red sealing wax.

    Okewood of the Secret Service Valentine Williams 1914

  • Sardi Babu, the oily-faced little dealer in pillow shams, smiled slyly.

    By Advice of Counsel Arthur Cheney Train 1910

  • The oily-faced young man behind the bar improved the opportunity by washing a dozen or so glasses, setting them down showily on a tin tray in view of the company.

    An Alabaster Box Florence Morse Kingsley 1898

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