Greaser
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Greasers can refer to:
- Greaser (derogatory)Greaser (derogatory)Greaser was a derogatory term for a Mexican in what is now the U.S. Southwest in the 19th century. The slur likely derived from what was considered one of the lowliest occupations typically held by Mexicans, the greasing of the axles of mule carts. It was in common usage among U.S...
, a derogatory term for a Mexican on drugs. - Greaser (subculture), a subculture that developed in the United States in the 1950s.
- Rocker (subculture)Rocker (subculture)Rockers, leather boys or ton-up boys are a biker subculture that originated in the United Kingdom during the 1950s. It was mainly centered around British cafe racer motorcycles and rock and roll music....
a motorcycle subculture that started in the United Kingdom in the 1950s - A device to apply greaseGrease (lubricant)The term grease is used to describe semisolid lubricants. Although the word grease is also used to describe rendered fat of animals, in the context of lubrication, grease typically applies to a material consisting of a soap emulsified with mineral or vegetable oil...
- Someone who uses vegetable oil as fuelVegetable oil used as fuelVegetable oil is an alternative fuel for diesel engines and for heating oil burners. For engines designed to burn diesel fuel, the viscosity of vegetable oil must be lowered to allow for proper atomization of the fuel, otherwise incomplete combustion and carbon build up will ultimately damage the...
- Someone who uses a derivative of a fat (such as BiodieselBiodieselBiodiesel refers to a vegetable oil- or animal fat-based diesel fuel consisting of long-chain alkyl esters. Biodiesel is typically made by chemically reacting lipids with an alcohol....
or Lard) for fuel or for application as a hair product - A variation of the Italian ethnic slur, greaseball
- The Greasers, a fictional gang from S.E. Hinton's The OutsidersThe Outsiders (novel)The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel based in 1965 by S. E. Hinton, first published in 1967 by Viking Press. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel, but did most of the work when she was sixteen and a junior in high school. Hinton was 18 when the book was published...
- The Greasers are a fictional clique from the video game BullyBully (video game)Bully, also known as Canis Canem Edit for the PAL PlayStation 2 version, is an open world video game released by Rockstar Vancouver for the PlayStation 2 on 17 October 2006 in North America, and 25 October 2006 in the United Kingdom...
- A person who gives out bribes and payoffs (money in this case is the grease), such as Jake GuzikJake GuzikJake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik was the financial and legal advisor, and later political “greaser”, for the Chicago Outfit.-Early life:...
from the book written by S.E. Hinton