"grease spot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grease spots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} grease spot (plural grease spots)
  1. (informal) A minute remnant, humorously the only distinguishable remains of an antagonist after a fight. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-grease_spot-en-noun-FRXvtNTl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see grease, spot.
    Sense id: en-grease_spot-en-noun-dJcuvDrm

Inflected forms

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