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Oater (pronounced OH-ter) is a film industry slang term referring to a movie about frontier or cowboy life; a Western, presumably due to the diet of oats fed to the ubiquitous horses.
Used as an answer in many crossword puzzles.
- Answer to 34 Across in the NYT Crossword Puzzle on 1/18/07 (No. 0118),
- and part of a clue to 49 Down in the Sunday puzzle on 1/14/07.
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