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grease pot

grease pot noun: a pot formerly used to hold greasepaint.

Noun

grease pot (plural grease pots)

  1. A pot formerly used to hold greasepaint.
  2. (obsolete, slang) A theatre owner.
    • This was crude, but effective, and while Mr McIntyre Rosenbaum was struggling to get his stigmatized breath Rita turned to the chorus and said, "You know, girls, this old grease-pot is running the show on his wife's money."1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 38

Forms of grease pot

pluralgrease pots
alternative formgrease-pot

Questions about grease pot

What does grease pot mean?
Grease pot means a pot formerly used to hold greasepaint.
What part of speech is grease pot?
Grease pot is a noun.
What is the plural of grease pot?
The plural of grease pot is grease pots.

Words near grease pot in the dictionary

  1. grease payments
  2. grease pencil
  3. grease pencils
  4. grease pit
  5. grease pits
  6. grease pot
  7. grease pots
  8. grease someone's palm
  9. grease spot
  10. grease spots
  11. grease the skids

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