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greengrocer

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greengrocer
Chiefly Brit a retail trader in fruit and vegetables


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Serjeant Buzfuz prayed a TALES; the gentleman in black then proceeded to press into the special jury, two of the common jurymen; and a greengrocer and a chemist were caught directly.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
Biggs is our greengrocer, and his chief talent lies in securing the services of the most abandoned and unprincipled errand-boys that civilisation has as yet produced.
Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
The Portuguese grocer refused him further credit, while the greengrocer, who was an American and proud of it, had called him a traitor to his country and refused further dealings with him - carrying his patriotism to such a degree that he cancelled Martin's account and forbade him ever to attempt to pay it.
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