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greasy spoon

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greasy spoon
n. Slang
A small, inexpensive, often unsanitary restaurant.
greasy spoon
n
(Cookery) Slang a small, cheap, and often unsanitary restaurant, usually specializing in fried foods
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.greasy spoon - a small restaurant specializing in short-order fried foods
eatery, eating house, eating place, restaurant - a building where people go to eat
Translations
greasy spoon (café)
n (pej inf) → billiges Fresslokal (pej inf)


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Heidi's Family Restaurant is a bit of a greasy spoon, but its kitsch value and hearty menu, including pancakes, fruit crepes, Belgian waffles, and the ever-changing "kitchen sink omelet," make it a must.
Lake Tahoe ski trip by Hobbs, John / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
There can be one way, and one way only, to shake some life into ``Pump Boys and Dinettes,'' the plotless and mostly pointless collection of songs from a rural roadside filling station and adjoining greasy spoon.
'PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES' SHOULD BE MORE OF A GAS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The low-carb craze has hit what may be the last bastion of guilt-free gluttony--the greasy spoon.
Norms slimming by Flass, Rebecca / Los Angeles Business Journal
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