oil down

English

Noun

oil down (countable and uncountable, plural oil downs)

Alternative form of oildown
1. Meat, breadfruit, and vegetables cooked in coconut milk.
  - 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:
    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.
  - 2013, Eric Jerome Dickey, The Education of Nia Simone Bijou, →ISBN:
    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.
  - 2014, Jasmine Christine, The Bishop's Wife, →ISBN:
    Tricia didn't cook oil down too often, so when she did, he always ensured he got a hefty serving.
2. Oil spill.
  - 2006, Joseph Yarini -, Come So Far from Havana!, page 137:
    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.
  - 2007, Dave McClelland, Tom Madigan, Fuel and Guts, →ISBN, page 199:
    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.
  - 2017 November 8, Brian Losness, Kay Burk, “California Hot Rod Reunion at Bakersfield, CA”, in Drag Racing Magazine:
    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.
Alternative form of oil-down
- 2013, Faye Iris Johnson-Lenden, Star Planet, →ISBN, page 23:
  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,

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