Greasy = dirty?

[Wilson Gray]

Exactly so. FWIW, I would spell it as "grease-y," in the "grease-like" reading.

-Wilson

On 6/8/07, RonButters at aol.com <RonButters at aol.com> wrote:
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> For some speakers, GREASY pronounced with a medial /s/ means 'grease-like',
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