greengrocer's-apostrophe

A form of greengrocer's apostrophe — An incorrectly used apostrophe; (especially) one mistakenly used to form the plural of a noun, for example: writing the plural of banana as banana's (a possessive) instead of bananas.

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Meanings

noungreengrocer's-apostrophe (plural greengrocer's-apostrophes)

plural greengrocer's-apostrophes

  1. archaicArchaic form of greengrocer's apostrophe.
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