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Definition of Greasiest
1. greasy [adj] - See also: greasy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greasiest
Literary usage of Greasiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2000)
"And whenever his boat was laid up he would come home and swell around the town
in his blackest and greasiest clothes, so that nobody could help remembering ..."
2. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1903)
"And whenever his boat was laid up he would come home and swell around the town
in his blackest and greasiest clothes, so that nobody could help remembering ..."
3. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1887)
"I have the greasiest suit of clothes you ever saw in your life; that is what I
wear when I spray, and I spray every year. I sprayed this year three times in ..."
4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"The thick double- columned volume in which I peruse the works of the Enchantress
belongs to a public library. It is quite the dirtiest, greasiest, ..."
5. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"His favorite dress was a white slouch hat, a black velvet coat, rather rusty from
long service, and probably the greasiest pair of trousers that ever ..."
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