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Topic: PAINTING AND DRAWING
oil painting
noun
oil painting
1
[
countable
]
AVP
a picture painted with oil paint
2
[
uncountable
]
AVP
the art of painting with oil paint
3
he's/she's no oil painting
British English
used humorously to say that someone is not very attractive
Definition of oil painting from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
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