| 单词 | greasy spoon |
| 释义 | greasy spoonSEE SYNONYMS FOR greasy spoon ON THESAURUS.COM noun Slang.a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant. Origin of greasy spoonAn Americanism dating back to 1920–25 Words nearby greasy spoongrease someone's palm, grease the wheels, greasewood, greasies, greasy, greasy spoon, greasy wool, great, great ape, Great Attractor, great auk Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for greasy spoongreasy spoon nounslang a small, cheap, and often unsanitary restaurant, usually specializing in fried foods Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with greasy spoongreasy spoon A cheap restaurant, especially one serving short-order fried foods. For example, College students short of cash tend to eat a lot in that greasy spoon. This expression also implies that the restaurant is not very clean. [c. 1900] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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