greaser
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8.7
- noun
- /ˈɡriːsər/
- Archaic
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joven engominado
- Growing up in the '50s, he always wanted to be seen as a greaser with his slicked-back hair and leather jacket.
- 50s greaser
Examples
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Greasers will still be Greasers, and Socs will still be Socs.
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Being homeless didn't make it easy to keep up my shifts at the factory, not that I was highly motivated anyway, and I spent more time hanging out at the pool hall with the local gang of hillbilly greasers.
Blog text (3) -
I used to go out with this greaser.
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I just did not figure on her falling for a greaser.
Fiction book (1990) -
Just like the 1950s greaser with nothing to do.
Blog text (18) -
You are a greaser, aren't you?
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What are you ladies doing with these Greasers?
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More and more greasers nowadays are not combing it back.
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My high school dropout sister, who was knocked up with four kids in her teens, is, along with her former greaser husband, a millionaire.
Blog text (1) -
A bunch of greasers.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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8.3
A 1960s British youth who rode motorcycles and liked rock'n'roll
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Greaser also names a 1950s youth style for young people with slicked-back, 'greased' hair and leather jackets; it comes from the word grease, because they used hair oil to make a shiny, slick look. So a greaser is someone who dresses and styles their hair that way.