"grease-monkey" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grease-monkeys [plural]
Etymology: grease + monkey (“menial employee who does a repetitive job”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|grease|monkey|gloss2=menial employee who does a repetitive job}} grease + monkey (“menial employee who does a repetitive job”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} grease-monkey (plural grease-monkeys)
  1. (colloquial) An automobile mechanic. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-grease-monkey-en-noun-fhpOLtHK

Inflected forms

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