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Meanings of greaser in English

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

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Examples for "taco"
Examples for "taco"
1
To make the taco hold together, poke a toothpick through the middle.
The South African
2
Larry, there's no such thing as pizza here, much less taco beef.
Larry's kidney: being the true story of how I found myself in ch...
3
What's the difference between been a quesadilla, a burrito and a taco?
Radio NZ
4
He sat waiting for her, his taco dripping salsa down his hand.
Beneath a southern sky
5
We're not talking about a Trump Tower taco bowl here and there.
Wired
1
Thanks to Federico, that wetback pussy, he never got to rape her.
Mistress of the game
2
An' when they catch a wetback they hold him for the Border Police.
Further adventures
3
That ole baseball bat was just made to bash wetback skulls, Vance mused.
Stinger
4
The wetback bastard didn't seem to have a scratch on him.
Stinger
5
He was a good liar, and a wetback, and that's what we wanted.
Nothing in her way
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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