greengrocer
[green-groh-ser]
- a retailer of fresh vegetables and fruit.
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Origin of greengrocer
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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?
Historical Examples of greengrocer
He would say that he was not a greengrocer who would think first of greens.
Alarms and DiscursionsG. 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 GoldJoseph Conrad
At first the greengrocer's baby did not like bananas and its cries were awful.
The fruiterer and greengrocer is a person unknown in the Vosges.
Three Men on the BummelJerome K. Jerome
greengrocer
- mainly British a retail trader in fruit and vegetables
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