greasy grind
Example Sentences
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Pete had just made a "date" with Polly, so he beamed on her benignantly as he explained further: "A gun—a dig-a greasy grind."
From Missy by Dana Gatlin
He gave all the time he could to studies without becoming a greasy grind, but that was not as much as he would have liked.
From Frank Merriwell at Yale by Burt L. Standish
The biplane was taken apart and packed up for transportation, and then the boys packed their trunks and dress-suit cases, and got ready to "go back to the greasy grind," as Tom expressed it.
From The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds by Edward Stratemeyer
“As soon as I get back I’m going to buckle down, and get to be a regular greasy grind, as 29 they call ’em.
From Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall by H. Richard Boehm
All right; anything to get out of the greasy grind of studying.
From The Rover Boys in Alaska or Lost in the Fields of Ice by Dick Richards
