oleaginous
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But either will do, really, in a football-genius photo finish that not even Fifa, oleaginously possessive as ever, can stain with its grubby fingermarks.
From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2012
Jacob Rees-Mogg oleaginously said that the prime minister was now "the toast of Somerset!"
From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2012
And Paul Chahidi doubles neatly as the recalcitrant Hastings and an oleaginously murderous Tyrrell.
From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2012
He passed the plate after the sermon, and his rectitude shone out oleaginously on every line of his face.
From The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life by Bangs, John Kendrick
"But graces and accomplishments like yours, dear Mrs. Hopkinson," he said oleaginously, "belong to the whole country."
From The Story of a Mine by Harte, Bret
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All the King's Men
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