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oil patch

noun

, Slang.
  1. an area in which oil is produced.
  2. the petroleum industry.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of oil patch1

First recorded in 1960–65

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Example Sentences

Meanwhile, Project Bakken has announced the arrest of another big oil patch meth ring.

The Bush family, with its Yankee and Ivy League origins and its oil-patch mythology, is both Northern and Western.

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