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oilers 
n.pl. waterproof clothing, originally oilskins but now often made of a kind of rubberized fabric.
See also: oilies
- 1924 We peered with dismay from the lost shelter of the outer bar to the tumbling steamy wastes ahead, but old Puggie, donning oilers and sou'wester, grimly smiled the fact that we were caught, and settled down to the helm for a day of it.
- 1957 The big Canadien straightened up in his oilers and said proudly, "Yes, and [I'm doing the work of] six trucks, too."
- 1964 I have mentioned perhaps 20% of the words peculiar to Canadian hardrock mining and will mention one more--"oilers" the word applied to the waterproof suit (jacket and trousers) worn by miners when working in wet places.
- 1924 We peered with dismay from the lost shelter of the outer bar to the tumbling steamy wastes ahead, but old Puggie, donning oilers and sou'wester, grimly smiled the fact that we were caught, and settled down to the helm for a day of it.