greengrocer
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- noun
- /ˈɡriːnˌɡroʊsər/
- UK
:
frutero
- If you shop in small local shops, such as bakers and greengrocers, you often get better quality food.
- greengrocer's shop
- local greengrocer
- greengrocer and butcher
Examples
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The local greengrocer always has the freshest vegetables and fruits for sale.
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Even if you go to a greengrocer, they select the fruit for you!
Blog text (5) -
You see, my cousin George is a greengrocer, milady.
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For dinner, I make a ratatouille over wild rice, all the best, most expensive ingredients from the greengrocer.
Fiction book (1994) -
The greengrocer replied that Tomi had chosen the vegetable herself, and it was too late to make an exchange.
Fiction book (1996) -
Your father was Anthony D'Angelo a greengrocer from Genoa.
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A greengrocer leaned heavily against the rail, his large backside clearing out a space sufficient for two people.
Fiction book (1992) -
I am no longer able to shop in the small, friendly, one-product store: butcher, greengrocer, baker, dress shop, Thom McAn, the hatter, the dry-goods store.
Academic text (2011) -
It's home to fishmongers, butchers, cheesemongers, greengrocers, and dozens of small charcuterie shops specializing in Spanish hams and cured meats.
Blog text (17) -
She visited the greengrocer every week to buy organic produce for her family.
Synonyms
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A person who runs a shop that sells food and small things for the home
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A person who sells fruit and vegetables from a cart in the street
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A person who sells fruit and vegetables from a street stall
A person who sells fruit from a shop or stall
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Etymology
Greengrocer is made of two words: green for 'vegetables' and grocer meaning 'seller of food', as in grocery. So a greengrocer is a shopkeeper who sells fresh fruit and vegetables.