| 单词 | greasy spoon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreasy spoon greasy spoon n. (also greasy restaurant) slang (originally U.S.) a cheap and inferior eating-house. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > cheap eating-house hash house1865 hashery1867 beanery1887 quick-and-dirty1892 one-arm lunch room1912 panciteria1912 one-arm joint1915 one-arm lunch1922 greasy spoon1925 one-arm1940 1925 Writer's Monthly June 486/2 Greasy spoon, a low~class restaurant. 1951 Time 31 Dec. 29/2 They [sc. the Marx brothers]..ate in coffee pots and greasy spoons. 1966 C. Himes Heat's On iii. 25 A room behind a greasy-spoon restaurant. 1966 C. Himes Heat's On iii. 25 The cook came from the greasy spoon. 1968 L. Deighton Only when I Larf viii. 110 Bob said he was hungry and wanted to pull up at every greasy spoon we passed. < as lemmas |
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