greasy grind
Example Sentences
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The biplane was taken apart and packed up for transportation, and then the boys packed their trunks and dress-suit cases, and got ready to "go back to the greasy grind," as Tom expressed it.
From The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds by Edward Stratemeyer
He went down to recitation in a dazed condition, and made a flunk, much to the surprise of those who knew he had turned into a "greasy grind" of late.
From Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale by Burt L. Standish
Pete had just made a "date" with Polly, so he beamed on her benignantly as he explained further: "A gun—a dig-a greasy grind."
From Missy by Dana Gatlin
I was a grind—a "greasy grind," they used to call me.
From The Triflers by Frederick Orin Bartlett
“Ah, he is a greasy grind determined to arrive,” said the first violinist.
From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield
