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greasy

adjective as in slippery, oily

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“The secret to a really good crisp is that the base crisp has got to be good, it’s got to be a nice crispy crisp, not too greasy, and then the flavours have to be pronounced.”

From BBC

Then, I’m looking at the guy next to me who is the quintessential sleazy, greasy guy smoking a cigarette, eating his chicken, with the sunglasses on inside and the greasy mustache.

The Tunbridge Wells site was criticised by a food hygiene inspector from the borough council for using “dirty and greasy” equipment.

From BBC

Dressed in baggy leather pants, his greasy hair tucked under a knit cap, the 24-year-old looks around the place like it’s the scene of some previous life — which is more or less the case, given how much has happened in the 18 months since he was sleeping here.

But Gary Oldman and “Slow Horses” finally made inroads with Emmy voters this year, and I can’t see how Oldman doesn’t grab the trophy for his portrayal of the foul-mouthed, flatulent, booze-soaked, greasy British intelligence officer Jackson Lamb.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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