"grease-monkey" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: grease-monkeys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} grease-monkey (plural grease-monkeys)
  1. Alternative form of grease monkey. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: grease monkey
    Sense id: en-grease-monkey-en-noun-AyCBNA7k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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