How to Use greengrocer in a Sentence
greengrocer
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Turkish greengrocers are most likely to be found in the former West Berlin, while Vietnamese stores are a hallmark of the East.
—Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2019
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Produce for the meal was mainly sourced from the local greengrocer, Frank Vork’s, as well as the nearby Italian deli.
—Ellie Pithers, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
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In town, the greengrocer finds a fuzzy, marmot-like creature with elephantine ears in a crate of oranges.
—Frances Leech, Longreads, 3 May 2018
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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
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Next was a quick visit to one of Sadr City’s oldest markets, where butchers and fishmongers, greengrocers and cloth sellers work cheek by jowl.
—New York Times, 20 Nov. 2019
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Thus the sign helps the greengrocer to conceal from himself the low foundations of his obedience, at the same time concealing the low foundations of power.
—Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 14 Sep. 2020
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Dario Portale, a local greengrocer, and his family, were among them.
—New York Times, 18 May 2021
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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
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The greengrocer, under totalitarianism, doesn’t and can’t have an opinion; the putting up of the sign doesn’t appear to be subject to debate.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 24 June 2020
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His father, Mario, was a greengrocer during the Depression, then worked in construction.
—New York Times, 28 Oct. 2021
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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
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Hailing from Leicester, Lineker spent his youth playing football with younger brother Wayne and helping out his greengrocer father on a 'fruit and veg' stall in the city's historic market.
—SI.com, 27 Apr. 2018
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In the usual greengrocer’s arrangement, layers of oranges are stacked such that each orange touches twelve others.
—Dan Rockmore, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2020
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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
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The word vignarola is dialect for ortolano, or greengrocer.
—Evan Kleiman, latimes.com, 4 Apr. 2018
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On its swarming 57-acre site in Battersea wholesalers are flogging fruit, vegetables and flowers to London’s greengrocers and restaurateurs.
—The Economist, 17 Oct. 2019
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The damage to her building happened when missiles slammed into a military recruitment office across the street in early March, nearly flattening it, along with the adjoining greengrocer’s and pharmacy.
—Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022
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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
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