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The Luchadores 5 vs. Greasers from the Black Lagoon!
Image Comics Solicitations for May 2008 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Many of them have Indian blood and are called Greasers, but the majority are of fairly pure Spanish descent.
Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson
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Without courage to labor, the poorer Mexicans, contemptuously called Greasers, go to the extremes of passive suffering.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance Richard Savage 1874
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They were of the class commonly styled "Greasers," a mixed origin plainly visible in the dark hue of the skin, the crisp, coarse hair, the high-arched foot and the Madonna-like outlines of the women's heads.
The Mother of Felipe 1999
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Mexico, the home of lawless "Greasers" and half breeds, was too close for ease of mind.
The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X Willard F. Baker
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A call for help came, and they took part in the rescue of two college professors who had been attacked by a band of Mexicans and "Greasers," the latter being a low-class Mexican.
The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X Willard F. Baker
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What is the danger from continually hurling bad names at foreigners, such as "Greasers," "Chinks," and so on?
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The battles with Indians and "Greasers," the capture of road agents and bank burglars, and the retribution which hit the villain who attempted to cheat the girl out of her patrimony, told their story in language so plain that the wayfaring man, though a fool, never made any mistake in grasping it.
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[Page 157] a little swelled, perhaps, imagine otherwise, and scoff at the idea of the "Greasers" winning even one battle in the event of war.
Six Months in Mexico 1888
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Possibly a campaign among the Indians, or a brush with the 'Greasers' on the Rio
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