| 单词 | grease-ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrease-ball grease-ball n. (a) a medicinal ball of grease for giving to a horse; (b) U.S. slang, a derogatory term for a foreigner, esp. applied to one of Mediterranean or Latin American origin. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > medicines or applications > medicines or applications for horses garum1587 charge1607 horse-mithridate1614 horse-drencha1616 arman1639 white water1673 remolade1696 nitre-ball1753 thrush-paste1888 mallein1891 grease-ball1926 bute1968 1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. p. xlv/5 Grease Balls. 1934 Amer. Ballads & Folk Songs (1957) 559 Our grease-ball is a goddam dirty bum. 1958 S. Ellin Eighth Circle (1959) ii. xvii. 176 A certain Mr. García—some greaseball who runs a lunch stand. 1969 I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam xii. 193 The gunner was..Rick Francese; tormented with such unflattering names as ‘Wop’ and ‘Greaseball’ and mercilessly teased..about his Sicilian extraction, he was at the same time universally liked and enormously respected. < as lemmas |
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