shaler
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]shaler (plural shalers)
- A producer of shale oil.
- 1975, Chilton's Oil & Gas Energy, page 49:
- Oil shalers hope to benefit from the use of the pipeline facilities which remain at Rangely, facilities which will become more available as crude production declines.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Irish caile (“girl, wench”).
Noun
[edit]shaler (plural shalers)
References
[edit]- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary