groceryman
Americannoun
plural
grocerymenEtymology
Origin of groceryman
Example Sentences
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The housewife tends to castigate the retail groceryman.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I just bootleg the Gospel," a well-tailored young groceryman told an audience of 1,500 Baptist men in Fort Worth one night last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
The son of an Irish-born Glasgow groceryman, he quit school at ten, worked around Glasgow for a few years, in 1865 sailed for the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
August F. Seested, 64, president & general manager of The Kansas City Star, native of Denmark, son of a groceryman; of stomach trouble; in Kansas City, Mo. Died.
From Time Magazine Archive
He seemed husky enough to be a corner groceryman, who benefits incidentally through the fresh air advantages bestowed on his vegetables to keep them marketable.
From Cupid's Middleman by Lent, Edward B.
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