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Not well known like Agua Azul on the Ocosingo-Palenque carretera made tacky by ejido opportunists operating greasy-spoon restaurants bound to make you ill but far more beautiful and a splendid environment.
El Chiflon 2009
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Reversed greasy-spoon hamburgers and fries that taste like the best meal you've eaten; reversed brandy that is the nectar of the gods.
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Paul Lombardo hadn't planned on a three-decade detour when he stopped at a greasy-spoon restaurant for breakfast in February 1980.
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You can go for fried beignets and cafe au lait or greasy-spoon biscuits and sausage gravy.
The Hangover Helper Steve Garbarino 2010
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Despite his visits to waffle houses, ice-cream parlors and greasy-spoon diners around the country, his slim physique just might have some Americans wondering whether he is truly like them.
Does This Candidate Make My Butt Look Fat? - Swampland - TIME.com 2008
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Can you imagine what kind of greasy-spoon dive they would start up?
Sin in Soul's Kitchen Andrew Oye 2009
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Cowtown has a lot of fast food, a few greasy-spoon diners, and one Chinese restaurant.
ana-ng Diary Entry ana-ng 2009
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Below the headline "Too Fit to Be President?" she wrote of Obama: "Despite his visits to waffle houses, ice-cream parlors and greasy-spoon diners around the country, his slim physique might have some Americans wondering whether he is truly like them."
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Ted and I went to a greasy-spoon diner in Saratoga Springs and had greasy-spoon American diner food.
or not... :) jaylake 2007
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Over hamburgers in greasy-spoon cafes on Capitol Hill that Watergate summer, Hillary agonized over what to do.
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