greengrocer

[green-groh-ser]

noun Chiefly British.

a retailer of fresh vegetables and fruit.

Origin of greengrocer

First recorded in 1715–25; green + grocer

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Contemporary Examples of greengrocer

Who could be a better observer than the greengrocer by the mosque or the hospital night watchman?
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Asne Seierstad
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Historical Examples of greengrocer

He would say that he was not a greengrocer who would think first of greens.
Alarms and Discursions
G. K. Chesterton
Yes, sir—no, sir—she stepped over to the greengrocer's for cook.
The Silver Box (First Series Plays)
John Galsworthy
Do you talk about your sister to the butcher and the greengrocer, too?
The Arrow of Gold
Joseph Conrad
At first the greengrocer's baby did not like bananas and its cries were awful.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916
Various
The fruiterer and greengrocer is a person unknown in the Vosges.
Three Men on the Bummel
Jerome K. Jerome

British Dictionary definitions for greengrocer

greengrocer

noun

mainly British a retail trader in fruit and vegetables

Derived Formsgreengrocery, noun

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Word Origin and History for greengrocer

1723, from green "vegetables" + grocer.