as in snack bar
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Recent Examples of greasy spoon
Run by ex-party girl Wendy, unhinged chef Milius, and odd busboy Willard, this Fresno greasy spoon must overcome unpaid bills and a once-in-a-lifetime volcanic eruption.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Residents of New Hampshire, where Presidential hopefuls often court diners at greasy spoons, have come to expect high-level politico drop-ins.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
So far, Pilcher says Germans seem to love the state’s array of greasy spoons.
—Will Peischel, Curbed, 7 Oct. 2024
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.
—Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2024
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Residents of New Hampshire, where Presidential hopefuls often court diners at greasy spoons, have come to expect high-level politico drop-ins.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
So far, Pilcher says Germans seem to love the state’s array of greasy spoons.
—Will Peischel, Curbed, 7 Oct. 2024
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.
—Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for greasy spoon
Noun
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Many had built-in restaurants, cocktail lounges, snack bars and soda fountains.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch also revealed that fingerprints taken from Mangione match prints on a water bottle and a Kind snack bar left near the shooting scene.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
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
Noun
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Before the Ryan Budget, there was the Tea Party, a movement that launched the careers of politicians like Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rand Paul (R-KY), who’ve argued that a wide range of laws from the ban on child labor to the prohibition on whites-only lunch counters are unconstitutional.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
21 Mar. 2025
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After spending 26 years at the iconic Miami Beach restaurant, which opened as a small lunch counter in 1913 and grew into one of Miami’s most famous culinary landmarks, Bienvenu hadn’t envisioned going anywhere else.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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They are allowed to mix and mingle in nearby buildings and courtyards, and dine together in a cafeteria setting staffed by nuns.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Maintain a safe distance from windows and avoid seeking refuge in large open rooms like cafeterias, gymnasiums, or auditoriums.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The steak house speaks its own language, no matter how much of the menu is retitled in French.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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The group went to the Crane Club steak house on Saturday, Feb. 15, around a week after Rock's Feb. 7 birthday.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Greasy spoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greasy%20spoon. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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