greaseball

[grees-bawl] /ˈgrisˌbɔl/
noun, Slang.
1.
Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Mediterranean or Latin American descent.
2.
a person having oily or slicked-back hair.
3.
greaser (def 3).
Origin
1930-35; grease + ball1
Examples from the web for greaseball
  • He's a greaseball of the highest degree, but that's every politician ever.
Slang definitions & phrases for greaseball

greaseball

noun
  1. A dark-skinned, dark-haired person of Mediterranean or Latin American origin; dago, greaser: taking knives away from greaseballs in zoot suits/ This time the greaseball smacked her. They were taking turns smacking her (1915+)
  2. A dirty tramp (1920s+ Hoboes)
  3. A cook or kitchen worker (WWII Navy)
  4. A hamburger stand or concession (1940s+ Circus)
  5. An actor who uses too much makeup or greasepaint (1920s+ Theater)