oil patch
noun Slang.
an area in which oil is produced.
the petroleum industry.
Origin of oil patch
First recorded in 1960–65
Words nearby oil patch
oil of wintergreen,
oil paint,
oil painting,
oil palm,
oil pan,
oil patch,
oil rig,
oil rivers,
oil sand,
oil sands,
oil shale
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.