grease monkey

[grease monkey] {n.}, {slang}

1. A person who greases or works on machinery; a mechanic or worker in a garage or gasoline station.

* /Hey, grease monkey, fill up my gas tank!/

* /The grease monkey was all dirty when he came out from under the car./

2. Airplane mechanic.

* /Jack was a grease monkey in the Air Force./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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