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grease mon·key
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Princeton's WordNet
automobile mechanic, auto-mechanic, car-mechanic, mechanic, grease monkeynoun
someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles
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grease monkeynoun
A mechanic, often with the specific connotation of an automobile mechanic.
Etymology: Dates to at least 1928. May have originated during the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain when children were used to grease the large rotating axles which were used to transfer power from one centralized steam engine to all of the machines on the factory floor. These children, covered in grease and crawling in the tight spaces in the ceilings, were equated with monkeys.
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Grease Monkey
Grease Monkey is a comic book created by Tim Eldred. There were two issues published in color by Kitchen Sink Press in 1996, then Image Comics reprinted the first four stories in black and white in 1998. Currently Tor Books has released in book form: the first six stories, with previously unpublished material, and three vignettes. A second book, A Tale of Two Species, was published on the internet in 19 chapters, approximately monthly, starting in October 2007. Both volumes depict life aboard the military space station Fist of Earth, or adjacent smaller spaceships.
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grease monkey
A grease monkey is a colloquially used term for a mechanic, typically those working on vehicles like cars, vans or trucks. It refers to someone who undertakes tasks such as repairing, maintaining, and overhauling vehicles, often getting covered in grease or oil in the process.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of grease monkey in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of grease monkey in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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