Definition of Greasy spoon

1. Noun. A small restaurant specializing in short-order fried foods.


Definition of Greasy spoon

1. Noun. (idiomatic) An inexpensive diner or other informal restaurant, especially one specializing in frying or grilling. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greasy Spoon

greaseproofs
greaser
greasers
greases
greasewood
greasewoods
greasier
greasies
greasiest
greasily
greasiness
greasinesses
greasing
greasy
greasy pig disease
greasy spoon (current term)
greasy spoons
great
great(p)
great-
great-aunt
great-aunts
great-grandchild
great-grandchildren
great-granddaughter
great-granddaughters
great-grandfather
great-grandfathers
great-grandmother
great-grandmothers

Literary usage of Greasy spoon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and what Came of it by James John Davis (1922)
"Muckraking was just beginning in those days, and a prying reformer came to live for a while at the greasy spoon. He told us that so much grease in our food ..."

2. Snake Walkers by J. Everett Prewitt (2005)
"U • Io most people, the Mo Restaurant in Pine Bluff was only a hole-in-the-wall, greasy spoon restaurant, but to Anthony, it was a major part of his social ..."

3. Adventure Guide Maui by Sharon Hamblin (2005)
"On the corner of Kamo'i Street and the highway is Molokai Drive Inn, tf 808-553-5855, a greasy spoon drive-up restaurant with local food and milkshakes. ..."

4. Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle (1881)
"A greasy spoon, a dirty thumb-mark on a plate, a blotch of old mustard on a serviette—how trifling it all seems; and yet such trifles might shock the feeble ..."

5. The New Year's Gift and Juvenile Souvenir by Priscilla Maden Watts (1836)
"... a pleasure in peeling onions, cutting carrots, holding a greasy spoon, and roasting herself by the fire on a hot summer's day to skim and stir the soup. ..."

6. The Inner Law: A Novel by Will Nathaniel Harben (1915)
"he asked Crof- ton, approaching with a greasy spoon in his hand. "I can do them any way. I worked in a Bowery restaurant once." "Oh, I am going back to the ..."

7. Hygienic Cook Book: A Collection of Choice Recipes Carefully Tested by Jacob Arnbrecht (1914)
"... up a kitchen any more than you can help while getting a meal. It will take hours to straighten up after the meal is over. Do not lay a greasy spoon on ..."

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