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Greaser   /grˈisər/   Listen
Greaser

noun
1.
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent.  Synonyms: taco, wetback.






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"Greaser" Quotes from Famous Books



... bust-ups," Young answered. "A row among the bondholders, an' construction stopped, an' working expenses reduced, an' pretty much all hands bounced, from th' president down. I guess Rayburn an' I can stand th' racket, though, if th' company can. I've been wantin' t' get out of this d——d Greaser country for a good while, an' I guess now I've got my chance. I must say, though, I wish it had come a little less sudden, for I haven't anything in particular in sight over in God's country, an' Rayburn hasn't ...
— The Aztec Treasure-House • Thomas Allibone Janvier

... agonized over forgotten names, trifling dates, useless distances, ineffective records, and feeble chronicles of their domestic economy. It was the thoughtful and melancholy Demorest who remembered the exact color and price paid for a certain shirt bought from a Greaser peddler amidst the envy of his companions; it was the financial magnate, Stacy, who could inform them what were the exact days they had saleratus bread and when flapjacks; it was the thoughtless and mercurial Barker who recalled with unheard-of accuracy, amidst the applause ...
— The Three Partners • Bret Harte



Words linked to "Greaser" :   ethnic slur, Mexican, wetback, depreciation, disparagement, derogation



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