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coal oil

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  1. coal oil (noun)
  2. coal-oil brush (noun)

coal oil

noun

Definition of COAL OIL

1
: petroleum or a refined oil prepared from it
2
: kerosene
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First Known Use of COAL OIL

1851

Rhymes with COAL OIL

corn oil, fish oil, fixed oil, free-soil, fuel oil, gas oil, night soil, palm oil, red soil, rose oil, shale oil, snake oil, sperm oil, subsoil, tung oil, white oil

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