oater
Example Sentences
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Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy, John Wayne and countless other stars of B-grade oaters would ride the range, rescue fair maidens and catch the bad guys.
From Washington Times • Jun. 11, 2015
By the ’70s, oaters were out of fashion on the small screen; detectives were in.
From Time • Jul. 20, 2014
In the 1960s, that figure went into a slump from which it never recovered, though there were still landmark oaters such as The Wild Bunch or Unforgiven.
From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2011
They’re in a western, albeit one made in the amped-up modern action style, rather than the more stately idiom of old-time oaters.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2010
Fresh from his success in a long series of Italian oaters, Clint Eastwood plays a leathery loner out to clean up a dirty territory.
From Time Magazine Archive
