Post by t-bob on Jan 27, 2019 11:04:30 GMT -5
OILLIONAIRE
noun
1. Canadian Informal. a millionaire whose wealth is derived from the petroleum industry.
Quotes
Robert Q. Lewis wonders if everyone has heard about the Texas oillionaire who put in well-to-well carpeting. -- Hal Boyle, "Mailman Rescues Writer Again," Spokane Daily Chronicle, March 5, 1957 The oil and gas men’s day at the fair this year was an immense success from every viewpoint. It drew everything from the “rough neck” to the “oillionaire,” and it has come as an annual attraction. -- “Oil and Gas Men Had Day at Louisiana Fair,” The Oil Weekly, November 13, 1920
Origin
It is no surprise that oillionaire, “a millionaire whose wealth is derived from the petroleum industry,” was originally an Americanism, the U.S. having so much petroleum, the U.K. none. The formation of oillionaire is obvious, a blend of oil and millionaire. Oillionaire entered English in the 1920s
noun
1. Canadian Informal. a millionaire whose wealth is derived from the petroleum industry.
Quotes
Robert Q. Lewis wonders if everyone has heard about the Texas oillionaire who put in well-to-well carpeting. -- Hal Boyle, "Mailman Rescues Writer Again," Spokane Daily Chronicle, March 5, 1957 The oil and gas men’s day at the fair this year was an immense success from every viewpoint. It drew everything from the “rough neck” to the “oillionaire,” and it has come as an annual attraction. -- “Oil and Gas Men Had Day at Louisiana Fair,” The Oil Weekly, November 13, 1920
Origin
It is no surprise that oillionaire, “a millionaire whose wealth is derived from the petroleum industry,” was originally an Americanism, the U.S. having so much petroleum, the U.K. none. The formation of oillionaire is obvious, a blend of oil and millionaire. Oillionaire entered English in the 1920s