greasy spoon

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Recent Examples of greasy spoon 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 This breakfast joint is your quintessential greasy spoon, with worn red leatherette chairs and a sign limiting cell phone use. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2023 Twenty-two years later, she’s worked hundreds more shifts — enough to take over one of Sacramento’s most storied greasy spoons. Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for greasy spoon 
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Noun
  • Catch up quick: Simple Mills was founded in 2012 by Smith, who will continue to lead the business as an independent subsidiary, to make better-for-you crackers, cookies, snack bars and baking mixes.
    Richard Collings, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
  • There are tons of on-site dining options, including several quick service joints and snack bars for hungry kids.
    Esther Carlstone, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Tangier is more than just colonial patina and hash houses.
    Graham H. Cornwell, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • Lawson was an architect of Nashville's lunch counter sit-ins and helped launch a nationwide movement.
    Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 July 2024
  • Most recently, Looby been defending many of the college students who sought to desegregate lunch counters in downtown Nashville by engaging in peaceful sit-ins.
    Andrea Williams, The Tennessean, 19 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Among the Palestinian prisoners released were Mohammad Odeh, 52, and Wael Qassim, 54, accused of carrying out Hamas attacks against Israelis, including a bombing at a cafeteria at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2002 that killed nine people, including five U.S. citizens.
    Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Among the 200 Palestinian prisoners released were Mohammad Odeh, 52, and Wael Qassim, 54, accused of carrying out deadly Hamas attacks against Israelis, including a bombing at a cafeteria at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2002 that killed nine people, including five U.S. citizens.
    ISABEL DEBRE, SAM MEDNICK, TIME, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Coal Shed is a serious steak house serving local beef cooked over live fire and seafood.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • 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 31 Jan. 2025.

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