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greengrocing

greengrocing noun: greengrocery, the trade of selling fruit and vegetables.

Noun

greengrocing (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, nonce-word) Greengrocery, the trade of selling fruit and vegetables.
    • I'm goin' into the greengrocing tryde meself...1907, Robert Elliott, Act of God
    • And to think how you had stuck that greengrocing job, when there were jobs like this to be had for the asking!1931, Lionel Britton, Hunger and love

Examples of greengrocing in a sentence

  • "I expect they get the union rates for bright greengrocing lads."1999, Helen Paiba, Kate Sheppard, Funny Stories for Six Year Olds:
  • Garreth nodded, but he could feel panic rising; greengrocing?2006, Michael Lingaard, The other side of magik: the first tale of the mirror worlds:

Origin of greengrocing

From greengrocer, as though it were constructed from a verb and -er. See -ing.

Questions about greengrocing

What does greengrocing mean?
Greengrocing means greengrocery, the trade of selling fruit and vegetables.
How do you use greengrocing in a sentence?
"I expect they get the union rates for bright greengrocing lads."
What part of speech is greengrocing?
Greengrocing is a noun.

Words near greengrocing in the dictionary

  1. greengrocers apostrophe's
  2. greengrocers'
  3. greengrocers' apostrophe
  4. greengrocers' apostrophes
  5. greengrocery
  6. greengrocing
  7. Greengross
  8. Greengrosses
  9. Greengrove
  10. Greenhalgh
  11. Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton

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