greasernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɡriː.sər/us/ˈɡriː.sɚ/old-fashioned slanga man with long hair who rides a motorcycle, wears black leather clothes, and is often a member of a gang:
Greasers were originally called that because of the grease that they used on their hair and on their bikes.
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Nomadic & alternative lifestyles
- a rolling stone (gathers no moss) idiom
- beatnik
- bohemian
- boho
- communal
- commune
- crusty
- flower child
- go/get back to nature idiom
- hermit
- hippie
- nature
- New Age traveller
- nomad
- rolling
- subculture
- the Beat Generation
- underground
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