oater meaning

Pronunciation:   "oater" in a sentence
noun (N Am inf)
  A Wild West film, a horse opera

[American slang]
n. a Western movie. (From the oats that the horses eat.)
• I don't want to see an oater. Isn't anything else showing?
• Let's go out and see a good oldfashioned oater.

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  1. Data also takes up stereotypical oater mannerisms and vernacular, unaware.
  2. :I've seen " oater " used occasionally to mean a action movie.
  3. Gordon Parks Jr .'s fondly remembered and video-unavailable blaxploitation oater, starring Vonetta McGee.
  4. Tom Selleck stars in another cable oater, directed by Simon Wincer ( " Lonesome Dove " ).
  5. "oater " ( a western ) and " ankle " ( to quit a job ).

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