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Added 10 October 2026

greaseball

noun

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A person of Italian descent.
Any person of Mediterranean (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek) or Hispanic (Latin American) descent.
A mechanic.

Origin

From grease + -ball.; possibly derived from the fact that Italians and Italian-Americans are stereotyped as having greasy or greased-up hair.

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