greasy pole English

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What does greasy pole mean?

greasy pole noun

— A sporting event that involves staying on, climbing up, walking over or otherwise traversing a pole that has been made slippery.

— The slippery pole used in the event.

— event

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Perhaps Eban was too urbane, too much of a scholar and gentleman to be able to make it - in Disraeli's phrase - to the top of the greasy pole.