greasy spoon
[noun]
Synonyms: eating house, beanery, café, coffee shop, diner, hashery, hash house, luncheonette, lunchroom, sandwich shop

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ˌgreasy ˈspoon noun [countable]
a small cheap restaurant that mainly serves fried food

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greasy spoon
[informal]
a small, cheap restaurant which mainly serves fried food of a low quality.
There's a greasy spoon on the corner of his street where he usually has breakfast.

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greasy spoon
a small and cheap eating place with basic but not great food
We went to a greasy spoon for breakfast because the other restaurants were closed.

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greasy spoon
n., informal Any small, inexpensive restaurant patronized by workers or people in a hurry; a place not noted for its excellence of cuisine or its decor.
I won't have time to eat lunch at the club today; I'll just grab a sandwich at the local greasy spoon.

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