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greasy spoon

noun

: a small and cheap restaurant

Full Definition of GREASY SPOON

:  a dingy small cheap restaurant
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First Known Use of GREASY SPOON

1902

Rhymes with GREASY SPOON

afternoon, apolune, barracoon, Brigadoon, call the tune, Cameroon, dessertspoon, harvest moon, honeymoon, importune, macaroon, octoroon, opportune, pantaloon, perilune, picaroon, picayune, rigadoon, saskatoon, Saskatoon, silver spoon, tablespoon

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