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单词 greengrocer
释义

greengrocer

noun

green·​gro·​cer ˈgrēn-ˌgrō-sər How to pronounce greengrocer (audio)
-shər
chiefly British
: a retailer of fresh vegetables and fruit
greengrocery
ˈgrēn-ˌgrō-sə-rē How to pronounce greengrocer (audio)
-ˌgrōsh-rē
noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Just last week, Danish brand Ganni promoted a new collaboration by turning a store into a greengrocer, allowing shoppers to not only pick up pieces from the new collection, but local produce too. Leah Dolan, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022 The butcher and fishmonger at the local Gristedes market catered to her, as did an Italian greengrocer, setting aside her favorite black-seeded Simpson lettuces. New York Times, 2 May 2022 Third, visit the neighborhood markets, where people have known their baker, their butcher, and their greengrocer for decades. Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 29 Mar. 2022 The shooting takes place directly across the street at a greengrocer located at 137 Mott Street that remains a fruit stand today. Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2022 His father, Mario, was a greengrocer during the Depression, then worked in construction. New York Times, 28 Oct. 2021 Dario Portale, a local greengrocer, and his family, were among them. New York Times, 18 May 2021 He was born in 1899 above his father’s greengrocer shop in the unremarkable town of Leytonstone in Essex, northeast of London. John Banville, The New Republic, 1 Apr. 2021 Alfred Hitchcock was born in a suburb east of London in 1899, the youngest of three children of William Hitchcock, a greengrocer, and Emma, a Catholic who had insisted her husband convert. Farran Smith Nehme, WSJ, 26 Mar. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1723, in the meaning defined above

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