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grease pots

grease pots is the plural of grease pot.

Meaning of grease pot

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

Questions about grease pots

What is grease pots the plural of?
Grease pots is the plural of grease pot.

Words near grease pots in the dictionary

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

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