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Examples of greaser
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Nice Sandy and greaser Danny try to be like each other in their 1950s high school.
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Greaser earned 21 commendations, including two medals for valor, in 12 years.
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Gaga kicks off the show in an oversized white T-shirt, greaser hairdo and black slacks.
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He was a frat boy in an era when you were either a frat boy or a greaser.
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As a literary form, the source greaser is bound by strict conventions.
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The greaser who took the piano lessons and had his shifty eye on you?
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Greaser John Bannon, 32 and married, jumped, and found a wooden grating to use as a small raft.
From the independent.co.uk
Transformers star Shia LaBeouf sports greaser hair and rides a motorcycle as the hero's sidekick.
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Jones takes the greaser-wannabe along as a side-kick.
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- (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent
- Greaser was a derogatory term for a Mexican in what is now the U.S. Southwest in the 19th century. The slur likely derived from what was considered one of the lowliest occupations typically held by Mexicans, the greasing of the axles of mule carts. It was in common usage among U.S. ...
- Greasers are a working class youth subculture that originated in the 1950s among young northeastern and southern United States street gangs, and then became popular among other types of people. In the 1950s and early 1960s, these youths were known as hoods.
- The Hot Rod Patrol are a team of four Autobot Micromasters in the Transformers universes. Its members include Big Daddy, Greaser, Hubs and Trip-Up.
- A guy that used too much grease in his hair. Usually "LB Butch Wax" or "Pomade"
- A section of curved track that has flange lubricators.
- Slang name for a 50's style bloke. Taken from the greasy brillcream look of the time.
- A guy with tons of grease in his hair, which later came to describe an entire group of people. (John Travolta in Grease.)
- The person who insists on actually pressing his finger on your monitor when pointing out changes or corrections, thereby leaving an oily smudge on your display.
