grease man
n.— «Life inside the pen must be making Abe Hirschfeld even nuttier. The former Miami Beach commissioner/part-time Palm Beach resident/ spitting machine/would-be Paula Jones grease man claims he swung the presidential election for George W. Bush.» —“Hirschfeld Pens An Election Theory” Palm Beach Post (Florida) Dec. 23, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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