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Meanings of oil frock in English

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Waterproof garment made from treated sailcloth or canvas.

Synonyms
Examples for "slicker"
Examples for "slicker"
1
Its new operating system, iOS 6, is slicker than slugs on ice.
Wired
2
It crackled against his slicker; it beat like hands against his face.
The Night Horseman
3
The second night is predictably slicker, and even features the missing joke.
The Guardian
4
It's a little slicker than the state-saving stuff we've seen so far.
Wired
5
Despite never playing together, they looked slicker than the Lions at times.
Radio NZ
1
Kim thought of the oilskin packet and the books in the food-bag.
Kim
2
The priest was dressed, and now pulled on a great oilskin coat.
Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories
3
I got into an oilskin then and walked out to the Fultons'.
We Three
4
He opened his oilskin coat, glanced at the compass, and nodded approval.
The Wings of the Morning
5
He is wearing a lemon-yellow coat made out of an oilskin sleeping-sack.
Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
1
A fleeting vision of the youth in the yellow oilskins mocked him.
The Devil's Paw
2
He took up his oilskins from the floor and slipped into them.
Where the Sun Swings North
3
Captain Candage had gone on deck, rattling away in his stiff oilskins.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
4
A fifth less heavy than the oilskins and tweeds of our forebears?
The Irish Times
5
Tell the steward to bring me my oilskins, out of my cabin.
Held Fast For England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83...