oil-spot v. to accidentally leave behind a member of a touring company or road show, especially in the form to get oil-spotted. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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“Oil Spot” was also the USMC strategy for dealing with the insurgency during our “stay” in Vietnam.
That’s a completely different entry, which is already on this site: oil spot strategy.
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