The oiler was a wily surfman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Men, Women, and Boats] Reference

The oiler or the correspondent took the oars again.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

The oiler had managed almost a kilometer, her last.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heirs of Babylon]

"We're not there yet," said the oiler, in the stern.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

In the meantime the oiler and the correspondent rowed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

And the oiler rowed, and then the correspondent rowed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

The oiler darted back and wrested it from Alex's hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference

The oiler reached the prisoner first, revolver in hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference

"Pie," said the oiler and the correspondent, agitatedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

Drip pan and self-oiler for bearings, R.B. Eason 212,449.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures] Reference

"Better push it a ways," the oiler advised in a low voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference

"" A little more south, "sir," said the oiler in the stern.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

Before that you must pass through the engine-room as an oiler.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 20] Reference

"Now, boys, the next one will do for us, sure," said the oiler.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

"Well, we're not there yet, anyhow," said the oiler, in the stern.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

"Say, what are you two fellows driving at?" the oiler demanded sharply.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference

This plan enabled the oiler and the correspondent to get respite together.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

I climbed up into the cab, wiping the long oiler and glanced at the clock.    From Wordnik.com.  [Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers] Reference

And so the oiler, who was at the oars, turned the boat straight for the shore.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

"That's all right, old boy," said the oiler, and lay down again and was asleep.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

Alex dodged back, lest the oiler should betray his presence to the men on the car.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference

As he emerged from beneath the car he paused to glance down at the prostrate oiler.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference

Force K is to proceed to River Plate, fuelling at a South American port or from an oiler.    From Wordnik.com.  [Graf Spee]

"No -- don't!" said Alex, as the enraged oiler spun about to strike the half-prostrate man.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference

In the meantime the oiler rowed, and then the correspondent rowed, and then the oiler rowed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

The oiler plied the oars until his head drooped forward, and the overpowering sleep blinded him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

It also has deployed a high-speed vessel, a fleet-replenishment oiler, and a helicopter carrier.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2006] Reference

This is the oiler, who had been creeping under the carriages and tapping the wheels with a hammer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Schoolmistress and other stories] Reference

"If we hear one of them going to the edge to look for me, we'll make a run of it," said the oiler.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference

"But there were also five German destroyers, two of which were tied up to an 'oiler' (oil tanker).    From Wordnik.com.  [Shropshire Star] Reference

The cook continued to sleep, but the oiler sat up, blinking his eyes and shaking with the new cold.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

"None of those other boats could have got ashore to give word of the wreck," said the oiler, in a low voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

Sometimes the oiler had to scull sharply to keep a sea from breaking into the boat, but otherwise sailing was a success.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

But the captain hung motionless over the water jar, and the oiler and the cook in the bottom of the boat were plunged in slumber.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

They exchanged places carefully, and the oiler, cuddling down in the sea water at the cook's side, seemed to go to sleep instantly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]

He was Gully Foyle, the oiler, wiper, bunkerman; too easy for trouble, too slow for fun, too empty for friendship, too lazy for love.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Stars My Destination]