oil patch


noun Slang.

an area in which oil is produced.
the petroleum industry.

Origin of oil patch

First recorded in 1960–65

Example sentences from the Web for oil patch

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

    Bush-Cheney 2012? |Reihan Salam |May 19, 2009 |DAILY BEAST