greengrocery

[ green-groh-suh-ree, -grohs-ree ]
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noun,plural green·gro·cer·ies.Chiefly British.
  1. a greengrocer's shop.

  2. the fruits and vegetables stocked and sold in such a shop.

Origin of greengrocery

1
First recorded in 1800–10; green + grocery

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How to use greengrocery in a sentence

  • The first thing that struck my eye on approaching was the unusual appearance of the Wattles's greengrocery shop.

    A Girl Among the Anarchists | Isabel Meredith
  • His foregrounds had always a succulent cluster or two of greengrocery at the corners.

  • The street was encumbered with stalls set up by country folks for the sale of greengrocery, scullery-wares, and fruit or cakes.

    A Clerk of Oxford | Evelyn Everett-Green
  • At length, one day, the broker sent his men into the shop, who threw all the greengrocery about like peelings of onions.

    Rattlin the Reefer | Edward Howard
  • It is the same with the other shops—greengrocery, fish, and fruit.

    Nights in London | Thomas Burke