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oil painting

 noun
     
Related topics: Painting and Drawing
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
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