greengrocing

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noun

Greengrocery, the trade of selling fruit and vegetables.

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Meanings

noungreengrocing (uncountable)
  1. humorousnonce worduncountableGreengrocery, the trade of selling fruit and vegetables.

    I'm goin' into the greengrocing tryde meself...

    1907, Robert Elliott, Act of God
    3 more examples

    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

    "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? Selling vegetables? 'Could I be excused from the table?' Garreth inquired […]

    2006, Michael Lingaard, The other side of magik: the first tale of the mirror worlds

Origin

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

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APA

greengrocing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greengrocing

MLA

“greengrocing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greengrocing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “greengrocing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greengrocing.

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