grease cup

American  

noun

1. oilcup.

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grease cup British  

noun

1. a container that stores grease and feeds it through a small hole into a bearing

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Etymology

Origin of grease cup

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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grease cup

When I was younger, I sat between my mother/older cousin/aunt/grandmother’s legs with jar of grease, cup of water, and tin of barrettes at the ready. 

From Scientific American ● Mar. 2, 2012

Among the tools, all fashioned from materials in the prison workshops: a blowtorch made from a large grease cup, a brace and bit from pipe parts.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I got to go down and turn my grease cup before I forget it," he said, as they came out on the little stone portico again.

From Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)

Smaltz kept rolling his head back and forth in an oil-soaked spot where a grease cup leaked.

From The Man from the Bitter Roots by Lockhart, Caroline

The candle had burned out in the grease cup, the wind was rocking the shanty and making the rafters creak dismally.

From Tess of the Storm Country by White, Grace Miller