greaser
Noun
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Noun
greaser (plural greasers)
- Someone or something that greases (applies grease).
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “Regatta,”
- The pole was greased and men tried to walk out to the end of it and dislodge the crate. The pole was supple, the crate swayed as each man crept out clinging desperately and finally fell off into the sea. […] People roared with laughter and greasers applied fresh grease for the next person's try.
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “Regatta,”
- (slang) A mechanic.
- (slang) A biker, a tough.
- (slang) A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.
- (US, offensive, ethnic slur) A Latin American, especially a Mexican.
- (US, offensive, ethnic slur) An Italian.
- (US, offensive, ethnic slur) A Greek.
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