英语词汇greaser的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	greaser
词源	greaser. A derogatory offensive name for Mexicans and Mexican-Americans first recorded in 1836 in what is now Tex- as. Greaserdom is a derogatory historical name for New Mexico. An unlikely explanation says that greaser derives from men hired by Mexican freighters to run alongside their wagons and grease the wooden axles.
随便看	ice wine ichabod ichneumon ichor iconoclast i could have been a contender i could not love thee dear so much loved i not honour more idaho idaho baked potato idealogues idiolect idiot i disapprove of what you say but i will defend to the death your right to say it i do not choose to run i do not love thee dr fell i don’t give a damn ied if his iq slips any lower we’ll have to water him twice a day if i can’t dance it-s not my revolution if i live to be a hundred i hope i never see you again if it bleeds it leads if it is not true it is well-invented if jesus were alive today he would be at the super bowl if life spare if the glove doesn’t fit you must acquit

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