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View synonyms for greasy spoon
greasy spoon
noun
, Slang.
- a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
greasy spoon
noun
- slang.a small, cheap, and often unsanitary restaurant, usually specializing in fried foods
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Word History and Origins
Origin of greasy spoon1
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
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Idioms and Phrases
A cheap restaurant, especially one serving short-order fried foods. For example, College students short of cash tend to eat a lot in that greasy spoon . This expression also implies that the restaurant is not very clean. [c. 1900]Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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