grease-spots

The stains found on Clothing B were not grease-spots.

Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1963

But the actual practice at making perfectly good targets resemble grease-spots on the oil-cloth doesn't take up but a bit of the time of the men who constitute the crew.

The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

Mary was seized with sudden acute consciousness of the blue calico dress, patched at the shoulder and stained with grease-spots; of her hands, big and rough with hard labour; of her feet, clad in shoes worn sideways at the heel, and threatening to break out at the toes.

King Coal : a Novel Upton Sinclair 1923

I wondered whether the accursed Anti-Fire-Fly would dump us out and flutter away into eternity, to leave our fate unexplained, or whether it would accompany us to our doom and be found gloating over the respective grease-spots that would represent all that was mortal of

Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures Edgar Franklin 1918

Shoes had to be polished, there must be no buttons off the clothing, and no grease-spots.

Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) Orators and Reformers Various 1918

Elia cannot say anything, not the simplest thing, without giving it a turn, a twist, a lift, a lightness, a grace, that would redeem the very grease-spots on a scullion's apron!

Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions John Cowper Powys 1917

"Mist 'Barrymaine?" repeated the woman, scattering grease-spots as she raised the candle in her unsteady hand, "what d'ye wan 'this time o' --"

The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915

Here, becoming aware of the magnificence of the visitor's attire, she dropped Barnabas a floundering curtsy and showered the step with grease-spots.

The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915

To remove grease-spots from cotton or woolen materials, absorbent pastes, and even common soap, are used, applied to the spot when dry.

Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife Marion Mills Miller 1906

Similarly many grease-spots can be effectually removed.

The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Arthur Lee Humphreys 1905