greasy spoon
Example Sentences
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The Wagners relocated to Houston, and in 1928 Mary Kay’s mother opened a greasy spoon, where she worked seven days a week, leaving her 10-year-old daughter in charge at home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
He told the man he was looking for a job and the man, who worked for a loan company, told him he should buy the little greasy spoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
A couple from Benin has taken over Chez Morasse, a city institution that introduced a greasy spoon favorite, poutine, to this region.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
But even if that wasn’t true, the etiquette is the same at a high-end restaurant as it is at your local greasy spoon.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2023
So delicate a substance not only contracts any disagreeable flavour, but is rendered cloudy by the least touch of any greasy spoon, or by a stewpan which has not been properly cleansed.
From Nelson's Home Comforts Thirteenth Edition by Mary Hooper
