Meaning of greasey spoon | Babel Free

Definitions

Rare spelling of greasy spoon.

alt-of, rare

Examples

“Yesterday coming down from Verdun on a train⟳ of eighty wagons we were 22 hours on duty. Was called for 3 A. M. and of course wanted a bite⟳ to eat⟳ before leaving, so we went to the usual mess hall “greasey spoon” and were given a mess kit full of rice, no milk, no sugar, no bread and coffee, it was all gone. Some breakfast I’ll say⟳.”

“Wanna hit the same greasey spoon? God, can’t anybody in Kansas City cook⟳? Not many flies though, huh?”

“You look⟳ at a menu and there it all is, just as you’d find⟳ à la carte in Beaune or Bordeaux. Until the stuff arrives on the table and you find⟳ the French language has been camouflaging crappy old Canadian “greasey spoon”.”

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