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grease pot en · NOUN

Meanings

  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:

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grease pots Number=Plur lexicographic
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