greasey spoon

English

Noun

greasey spoon (plural greasey spoons)

  1. Rare spelling of greasy spoon.
    • 1919 March 6, Harry Hagerstrom, “Interesting News from Soldier Boys”, in The Grand Rapids Tribune, volume XLV, number 45, Grand Rapids [i.e., Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.: Drumb & Sutor, published 10 April 1919, →OCLC, page [5]:
      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.
    • 1978 January–February, “Canvention Dialogue”, in Lonnie Smith, editor, Beer Can Collectors News Report, volume VIII, number 1, Fenton, Mo.: Beer Can Collectors of America, →OCLC, page 46:
      Wanna hit the same greasey spoon? God, can’t anybody in Kansas City cook? Not many flies though, huh?
    • 1985 September, David Watmough, “Vancouver Summer Pudding”, in David Watmough, editor, Vancouver Fiction, Winlaw, B.C.: Polestar Press, →ISBN, page 186:
      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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