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Meanings of greaser in English

(Ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent.

Usage of greaser in English
1
A greaser told me about it, and took me where it was.
Skyrider
2
A greaser is, I take it, a sort of mongrel-Indianand Spanish.
The Pride of Palomar
3
Father wouldn't take it from the greaser if it wasn't all right.
For the Liberty of Texas
4
I would never have believed a greaser could pull something like that.
The Outsiders
5
Just the greaser fellow alone meant trouble as far as I could see.
Kings of the earth: a novel
6
The greaser made such a disturbance that the jailer let him keep it.
The Secret Wireless; Or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol
7
He is the greatest greaser of wheels I have ever met.
The Lamp in the Desert
8
But it was the fault of that low-minded greaser Darrin, anyway.
Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis / Or, Two Midshipmen as N...
9
There was no love lost between Irwin Henty and the Chamberlain greaser squad.
Carrie
10
But no greaser likes the looks of a white man with a gun.
Skyrider
11
One greaser hopped the engine an' covered the engineer an' fireman.
The Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border
12
When I get over this toothache I'll call you out-yougreaser!
Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis / Or, Two Midshipmen as N...
13
Me, I would drop this greaser in the bay if I was the boss.
The Valley of the Giants
14
I'd call the other fellow a greaser, if they still have greasers these days.
Kings of the earth: a novel
15
That night I killed the greaser, and obtained the ring.
Frank Merriwell's Chums
16
The shade of differencethat separates a greaser from a hood wasn't present in Dally.
The Outsiders
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