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- noun Plural form of
greengrocer .
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Oddly, the delicious parsnip, a stock ingredient of British Christmas dinners, is impossible to find in Italian greengrocers today.
Delizia! John Dickie 2008
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There was a man with his wife and two boys and some articles of furniture in a cart such as greengrocers use.
The War of the Worlds Herbert George 2006
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He said the 600000-strong Portuguese community in South Africa owned various businesses such as greengrocers and bottle stores and they contributed significantly towards the economy and employment.
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There was a man with his wife and two boys and some articles of furniture in a cart such as greengrocers use.
Chapter Fourteen: In London Herbert George 1898
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There was a man with his wife and two boys and some articles of furniture in a cart such as greengrocers use.
The War of the Worlds Herbert George 1898
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I suppose you meant 'greengrocers' English ', or is there one only greengrocer you have mind?
Guy Fawkes' blog guidoadmin 2009
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'greengrocers' apostrophe 'and the computer spellchecker.
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'greengrocers' apostrophe 'and the computer spellchecker.
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'greengrocers' apostrophe 'and the computer spellchecker.
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Every morning, I'd brave the contemptuous sneers of greengrocers to bring him his morning meal of sour citrus, which he chowed into triumphantly, while I sobbed and sulked and the baby shrieked for her breakfast, too.
Susan Conley's 'Good Fortune': Riveting memoir about being American in China 2011
jmjarmstrong commented on the word greengrocers
JM reckons greengrocers earn a meagre celery, come home beet and just want to read the pepper, take a leek, turnip the covers endive into bed.
May 31, 2011