greasy grind

Example Sentences

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All right; anything to get out of the greasy grind of studying.

From The Rover Boys in Alaska or Lost in the Fields of Ice by Richards, Dick

I was a grind—a "greasy grind," they used to call me.

From The Triflers by Bartlett, Frederick Orin

Pete had just made a "date" with Polly, so he beamed on her benignantly as he explained further: "A gun—a dig-a greasy grind."

From Missy by Gatlin, Dana

“As soon as I get back I’m going to buckle down, and get to be a regular greasy grind, as 29 they call ’em.

From Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall by Boehm, H. Richard

He went down to recitation in a dazed condition, and made a flunk, much to the surprise of those who knew he had turned into a "greasy grind" of late.

From Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale by Standish, Burt L.