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greengrocing en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (humorous, nonce-word, uncountable) Greengrocery, the trade of selling fruit and vegetables.
    • "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:
    • 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'm goin' into the greengrocing tryde meself... 1907, Robert Elliott, Act of God: