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oleo margaric

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o⋅le⋅o⋅mar⋅ga⋅rine

  [oh-lee-oh-mahr-juh-rin, -reen, -mahrj-rin, -reen]
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–noun
margarine.
Also, o⋅le⋅o⋅mar⋅ga⋅rin.

Origin:
1870–75; < F oléomargarine. See oleo-, margarine

Related forms:
o⋅le⋅o⋅mar⋅gar⋅ic  [oh-lee-oh-mahr-gahr-ik] , adjective
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Roll-drops, Oleos
Curtian machines-long span, Custom stage effects, rentals.
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Word Origin & History

oleomargarine 
1873, "butter substitute made from beef fat," from Fr. oléomargarine (1854), from oléine (from L. oleum "oil" + -ine, after glycerine) + margarine. It was regarded as a chemical compound of olein and margarine. Commercial contraction oleo is attested from 1884.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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