as in snack bar
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Recent Examples of greasy spoon
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele eat Pringles in the Beech Grove Walmart parking lot, talk gender at a greasy spoon breakfast joint
After arriving in Indianapolis, the pair take a trip down to the Beech Grove Walmart, 4650 S. Emerson Ave., to pick up some road trip snacks.
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Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2024
The greasy spoon is a sublime choice, offering up great patties for under $10 since 2005.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
Though you might be led to believe otherwise by the name, Health Camp is an old-school greasy spoon beloved by generations since 1949.
—Cynthia J Drake, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2024
History has shown than when people listen to my music, money tends to flow to bartenders, race tracks, late night greasy spoons, bail bondsman, go kart tracks, tractor pulls, football games, peep shows and several black market vices.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
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Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2024
The greasy spoon is a sublime choice, offering up great patties for under $10 since 2005.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
Though you might be led to believe otherwise by the name, Health Camp is an old-school greasy spoon beloved by generations since 1949.
—Cynthia J Drake, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2024
History has shown than when people listen to my music, money tends to flow to bartenders, race tracks, late night greasy spoons, bail bondsman, go kart tracks, tractor pulls, football games, peep shows and several black market vices.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for greasy spoon
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Each treat features the sweet tastes of candies and drinks found in almost every cinema snack bar: There's the Caramel Popcorn Doughnut, Candy Double Feature Doughnut, Blue Raspberry Slush Doughnut and the Cookie Dough Superstar Doughnut.—
Mona Thomas,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Four or fewer corporations also control 93% of soda sales, including Coke and Pepsi, 80% of candy, such as Hershey, Mondelez and Mars, 60% of snack bars, including Mars, Kellanova and General Mills, 66% of frozen pizza, 60% of bread, 80% of toothpaste and 80% of toilet paper sales.—
Errol Schweizer,
Forbes,
11 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Tangier is more than just colonial patina and hash houses.—
Graham H. Cornwell,
Washington Post,
8 Apr. 2023
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Sensing her discomfort, Young offered her some memorably sage advice: ‘This is just another hash house on the road to success.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2020
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There's also a lunch counter, which is open 11-2 Wednesday through Friday and 10-2 on Saturdays, helmed by local chef Miz Yalonda Ramsey.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2025
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Like Lawson, Lewis was among the leaders of the sit-ins that desegregated Nashville lunch counters in the 1960s.—
Craig Shoup,
The Tennessean,
18 July 2024
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King announced the creation of Operation Breadbasket in the cafeteria.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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After the initial awkwardness in the cafeteria, the Gaynors said, Kaspar and Carbona eventually came over and sat with them.—
Robin Fields,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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The Coal Shed is a serious steak house serving local beef cooked over live fire and seafood.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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Full review » Fall Chicory Salad at Crane Club The sprawling, stately West Chelsea space that used to be Al Coro, and before that Del Posto, was recently reborn, yet again—this time, under the night-clubby aegis of the Tao Group, who’ve turned it into a steak house.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
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“Greasy spoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greasy%20spoon. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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