Greaseball vs Eyetie - What's the difference?
greaseball | eyetie | Synonyms |
(British, slang, dated, derogatory, ethnic slur) An Italian.
* 1944 , Lawson Glassop, We were the rats
* 1944 , Richard Baxter, Stand by to surface
* 1986 , Aidan Chambers, Dance on My Grave
Eyetie is a synonym of greaseball.
As nouns the difference between greaseball and eyetie
is that greaseball is a person of Italian descent while Eyetie is an Italian.greaseball
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Synonyms
* (person of Italian descent) dago * (person of Italian descent) Eyetie * (person of Italian descent) goombah * (person of Italian descent) guido * (person of Italian descent) guinea * (person of Italian descent) wog * (person of Italian descent) wopeyetie
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Alternative forms
*eye-tieNoun
(en noun)- The only danger of gas from the Eyeties was when they breathed garlic on you.
- We got out to sea again, but it was not long before the Eyeties were on our track again.
- D'you think they're Eyeties ? Supposed to be great lovers...