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greaseball

American  
[grees-bawl] / ˈgrisˌbɔl /

noun

Slang.

  1. Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Mediterranean or Latin American descent.

  2. a person having oily or slicked-back hair.

  3. greaser.

Etymology

Origin of greaseball

First recorded in 1930–35; grease + ball 1

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