Usually means: Inexpensive, casual diner serving comfort food.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word greasy spoon:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. greasy spoon: Merriam-Webster
  2. greasy spoon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. greasy spoon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. greasy spoon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. greasy spoon: Vocabulary.com
  6. greasy-spoon: Wordnik
  7. greasy spoon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. greasy spoon: Wiktionary
  9. greasy spoon: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. greasy spoon: Dictionary.com
  11. Greasy spoon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. greasy spoon: Rhymezone
  13. greasy spoon: FreeDictionary.org
  14. greasy spoon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. greasy spoon: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. greasy spoon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. greasy spoon: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. greasy spoon, greasy spoon: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. greasy spoon: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. greasy spoon: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See greasy_spoons as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (greasy spoon)

noun:  (idiomatic, informal) An inexpensive diner or other informal restaurant, especially one specializing in frying or grilling.

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