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Meanings of oily rag in English

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Usage of oily rag in English
1
He reached under the driver's seat and tossed me an oily rag.
Cormac: the tale of a dog gone missing
2
He wiped the cut in the shotgun's barrel with an oily rag.
Rain gods
3
Duane handed Lard an oily rag that was lying on the floor.
Knockemstiff
4
Dan wiped his hands on an oily rag and shook his head ruefully.
Coalition's End
5
They found him in the bathroom with an oily rag, rubbing up the taps.
Charles Rex
6
The driver leaned over his engine, rubbing his hands with the usual oily rag.
The Beetle: A Mystery
7
He had a revolver in his right hand, and an oily rag in his left.
Murder in the Gunroom
8
There's recovered methamphetamine addicts running addiction support programmes on the smell of an oily rag.
Radio NZ
9
How about the ability to empathise and live off the smell of an oily rag?
The Guardian
10
Hurin had his short sword and sword-breaker on the table, wiping them with an oily rag.
The great hunt
11
Sley slid out without a smile, turning an oily rag in his hands like a garrotte.
The coldest blood
12
And why do you use an oily rag?
Murder in the Gunroom
13
Jones said all the stations were run "off the smell of an oily rag".
Radio NZ
14
I wanted an oily rag and a whetstone, to make it the way it should he once again.
The Great Book of Amber
15
Marriage to someone who comes alive at the whiff of an oily rag has pretty much confirmed that.
The Guardian
16
The car's hood was agape and on the right fender were a screwdriver, pliers and an oily rag.
The new yorker
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Oily rag through the time
Oily rag across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common