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oil down en · NOUN

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1. (countable, uncountable) Alternative form of oildown. ▸ Meat, breadfruit, and vegetables cooked in coconut milk.
   • She had told me of her love for humankind, her humanitarian efforts, and I had opened myself to her and had shared my culture with her, had brought her callaloo and doubles and oil down and pigeon peas. 2013, Eric Jerome Dickey, The Education of Nia Simone Bijou, →ISBN:
   • The objectives of the study were to assess consumers' perceptions to a breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis Fosberg) meal of oil down, to determine its nutritive composition and daily nutrient reference values. 2005, Neela Badrie, Sophia Balfour, Kizza Ottle, Ivan Chang-Yen, “Nutrient Composition of a Commonly Consumed West Indian Meal of Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis Fosberg) Oil Down”, in Journal of Nutrition in Recipe & Menu Development, volume 3, numbers 3-4:
   • Tricia didn't cook oil down too often, so when she did, he always ensured he got a hefty serving. 2014, Jasmine Christine, The Bishop's Wife, →ISBN:
2. (countable, uncountable) Alternative form of oildown. ▸ Oil spill.
   • In session two which was run under the lights due to the oil downs and other incidents kinda threw a curve at some of the players. 2017 November 8, Brian Losness, Kay Burk, “California Hot Rod Reunion at Bakersfield, CA”, in Drag Racing Magazine:
   • The car ran an Ed Donovan aluminum-block Hemi and I loved the engine in the rear — no oil downs, fires, or blower parts hitting you in the head. 2007, Dave McClelland, Tom Madigan, Fuel and Guts, →ISBN, page 199:
   • This time for me it was a very long day at the track and close to midnight. They had several oil downs that day and part of my prayer was - Thank you God for this day, sorry I have not talk to you more often. 2006, Joseph Yarini -, Come So Far from Havana!, page 137:
3. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of oil-down.
   alt of oil-down
   • At time Gentle One permitted me to oil her to keep her skin from drying out to much. Like her mother she tolerated my oil downs, 2013, Faye Iris Johnson-Lenden, Star Planet, →ISBN, page 23:

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