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ˈolive-ˈoil
1. The oil obtained from the pulp of olives. Formerly oil of olive(s (olive 2 b), oil olive (oil n.1 2 c). Also attrib.
A fixed non-drying oil, of a pale yellow or greenish-yellow colour, insipid and inodorous, viscid and greasy to the touch, and very light; much used in cookery and medicine, and (the inferior kinds) also for illumination, lubrication, etc.
1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) VII. 207 His remedy which was nothing more than olive-oil. 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. III. 386 The most important articles which our country receives from Italy are, Unmanufactured Silk, and Olive-Oil. 1870Yeats Nat. Hist. Comm. 206 Olive oil is largely used..in dressing woollen goods, and for machinery. 1895Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 109/2 A pure, natural color olive oil soap made of the finest selected oil imported for this purpose. 1957Encycl. Brit. XVI. 774/2 California olive oil output is normally less than 1% that of Spain. 1970‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Cookie Bird ii. 10 They have..vineyards and..three olive-oil factories. 1977P. Way Super-Celeste 52 The Mafia godfathers could..declare they were olive oil merchants.
2. A jocular mispronunciation of au revoir.
1906Dialect Notes III. 148 Olive oil, n. phr., au revoir. Facetious. 1909J. R. Ware Passing Eng. 187/2 Olive oil (Music Hall, 1884). English pronunciation of au revoir. 1933Partridge Slang To-day & Yesterday iii. iii. 206 For ‘good-bye’, the boys at Dulwich already in 1906 used..olive oil (au revoir). 1960Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 364/2 Olive oil, good-bye. |