greengrocer
a retailer of fresh vegetables and fruit.
Origin of greengrocer
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How to use greengrocer in a sentence
Who could be a better observer than the greengrocer by the mosque or the hospital night watchman?
When it ceased dripping for an hour at noon, the greengrocer said cheerily, 'Another grand day, mam!'
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland | Kate Douglas WigginThe greengrocer put on a pair of wash-leather gloves to hand the plates with, and stationed himself behind Mr. Tuckle's chair.
The Pickwick Papers | Charles DickensIn those days you bought them cooked at the charcuterie for the same price that you got them raw at the greengrocer's.
Paris Vistas | Helen Davenport GibbonsThe Guesser looking at them would have no difficulty in pronouncing landlord, greengrocer, king.
Little Folks (November 1884) | Various
He has been thinking about the Kaiser, the Kaiser who is breaking his heart through the medium of the greengrocer's baby.
British Dictionary definitions for greengrocer
/ (ˈɡriːnˌɡrəʊsə) /
mainly British a retail trader in fruit and vegetables
Derived forms of greengrocer
- greengrocery, noun
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