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TO STRIKE OIL

Definition: TO STRIKE OIL

TO STRIKE OIL

1. To find petroleum when boring for it; figuratively, to make a lucky hit financially. [Slang, U.S.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Modern Translation: TO STRIKE OIL

Language		Translations for "TO STRIKE OIL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		petróleumot talál, olajra bukkan, olajat talál, jó fogást tesz, jó fogást csinál (to make a lucky hit, to scoop). (various references)

Pig Latin		otay ikestray oilay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: TO STRIKE OIL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-i-i-k-l-o-o-r-s-t-t"
	-2 letters: troilites.
	-3 letters: oestriol, roiliest, rookiest, rootiest, rootlets, rootlike, tootlers, tortoise, triolets, troilite.
	-4 letters: elitist, estriol, iolites, kilters, kilties, kirtles, kitties, kittler, kittles, klister, litotes, litters, loiters, lookers, looters, oiliest, oolites, orioles, ostiole, relooks, retools, risotto, rookies, rootlet, settlor, silkier, siltier, skitter, skittle, slitter, sootier, stooker, stoolie, tilters, toilers, toilets, toolers, tooters, tootler, tootles.
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Alternative Orthography: TO STRIKE OIL

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F 53 54 52 49 4B 45 4F 49 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010011 01010100 01010010 01001001 01001011 01000101 00100000 01001111 01001001 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#83 &#84 &#82 &#73 &#75 &#69 &#32 &#79 &#73 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F 0053 0054 0052 0049 004B 0045 004F 0049 004C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

544925354524345392494346

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography

5. Bibliography

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