greengrocer
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greengrocers
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From his fruit shop in Blaenau Gwent, greengrocer Stuart Lewis watches children walk past every morning, buying fast food on their way to school.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
By declining to endorse the mantra, Havel wrote, the greengrocer goes from “living within a lie” to “living within the truth.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
I’m momentarily reminded of the daughter of a British greengrocer, Margaret Thatcher, who, early in her political career, established her economic credentials by the simple expedient of knowing the price of butter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
At 12 he was getting up before school to boil beetroot for a local greengrocer.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
In the meantime, Father left to buy some vegetables from a nearby greengrocer for our dinner.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
In Australia, Chinese takeaways date back to the 1850s, when Chinese cookhouses and greengrocers provided for gold miners in remote parts of the country.
From Salon ● May 30, 2023
The documentary retraces Mr Durbin's final hours on 11 May, when he finished work at a greengrocers in Aldeburgh.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2020
Neither Lewis nor Flora had a farming background; Lewis's parents were greengrocers and Flora's were teachers.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2019
From Mexicans working in greengrocers to West African deliverymen to South Asian limo drivers, immigrants have chalked up a series of organizing victories.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2016
"There's also a great gaggle of bakers, butchers, and greengrocers clamoring to be heard."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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