单词 | grocery keeper |
释义 | > as lemmasgrocery keeper grocery keeper n. U.S. (now historical) (a) a person who owns or works in a grocery store; (b) a person who owns or works in a liquor store or bar. ΚΠ 1822 Augusta (Georgia) Chron. 31 Dec. The European party was principally composed of Catalonians, Grocery Keepers, &c. 1827 National Republican & Ohio Polit. Reg. 5 Jan. A table with cakes, apples and spirits..attracts much custom. This grocery keeper has no corporation license to pay for. 1828 Louisville (Kentucky) Public Advertiser 26 Mar. Owners and commanders of steam boats, city and country, tavern and grocery keepers, private families, &c. &c. are respectfully informed, that the subscriber has just returned from Pittsburgh, with the following supply of superior malt liquors. 1942 Circleville (Ohio) Herald 13 Nov. 3/3 Grocery keepers will not accept coupons for coffee if they have been detached from the ration books. 2006 News Herald (Panama City, Florida) 11 Mar. (Local & State section) 5 b/2 Her husband Jim, served as a preacher and part-time grocery keeper. 2021 M. L. Schrad Smashing Liquor Machine xi. 329 Douglas later accused Lincoln of once being a ‘grocery keeper’—a well-understood insinuation that he'd sold liquor on the sly. < as lemmas |
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