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Discover Ludwig"grease monkey" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is a slang term that refers to a mechanic or someone who works on cars and other mechanical equipment. It is often used in a humorous or affectionate way. Example: The mechanic had been working as a grease monkey for over 20 years, fixing cars and keeping them running smoothly.
Idiom
Grease monkey.
A grease monkey is an idiomatic term for a mechanic.
Dictionary
grease monkey
noun
A mechanic, often with the specific connotation of an automobile mechanic.
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The complex also includes the Grease Monkey Distillery, used to create and test formulations.
What to do? Barbara, Connecticut I'm not sure whether to spank you or hug you for that "grease monkey" crack.
I think he's an uneducated grease monkey, and I would love to block him from her phone.
Even if you're a grease monkey, she says, there's no reason you can't keep your fingernails clean.
He dresses well for posh interviews-- It wouldn't do to look linterviews-- Itnkey," he once wrote.
And if the guys don't buy, Sauder and Hot Rod will want to keep their eyes on the female grease monkey.
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Culturally, Mr. Tullman points to the disappearance of "grease monkeys".
But a new breed of mechanics began hacking into car computers, and grease monkeys morphed into automotive geeks.
Grease monkeys with bare midriffs and combat fatigues — it's the female urban-warrior look — they slide underneath the cars and fool around with the works.
Here we have a secretary, a cross-dresser, an 11-year-old angel-faced sexpot, a couple of grease monkeys and a businessman's sadly beautiful wife.
The name has been changed because that's where the votes are — almost everybody self-identifies as middle class today, from waitresses and grease monkeys to six-figure managers and Broadway stars.
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