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Meaning of grease one's gills | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To eat a hearty meal.

slang

Examples

“He'll give a guinea at the least, To grease his gills at city feast: But tho' to belly he's so kind, Yet not one souse to treat his mind.”

“I know how to grease my gills, I do. And I've got me a good recipe for kidney pie.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

grease someone's palm grease the skids grease the wheels grease up greaseband greasebanded