单词 | grease monkey |
释义 | > as lemmasgrease monkey grease monkey n. slang a mechanic. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > engineer > [noun] > motor mechanic motor mechanic1913 mech1918 grease monkey1928 motor fitter1961 1928 L. Gravatt Pioneers of Air 251 All the way down the line we find them from skilled draftsmen in a polished office to the ‘grease monkeys’ with blackened faces and smeary over-alls. 1946 V. Tempest Near Sun viii. 63 Flight mechanics and fitters, known in the Battle of Britain as ‘grease monkeys’ but generally called in the Royal Air Force ‘Erks’. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Nov. 700/3 In Australia he was impressed by the ‘grease~monkey’ at Broken Hill who could afford to run a racing stable. < as lemmas |
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