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  • n  consisting of or covered with oil

  • More's the pity, too, because, except for this monumental piece of what might be called "in-house humor," Man Without a Star has a roll-muh-own greasiness and good warm-leather .
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  • Benjamin Franklin in Telegraph.co.uk
    As Franklin wrote: "The fingers should be first a little soaked in water, and quite free from all greasiness; a little fine chalk upon them is sometimes useful, to make them catch the glass."

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