1 (also oil) [C] a picture painted in OILPAINT
2 [U] the art of painting in OILPAINT
IDIOMS
be no oil painting (BrE, humorous) used when you are saying that a person is not attractive to look at
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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