greengrocery
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Our route took us past the tube station where a middle-aged white woman has a greengrocery stall.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 7, 2013
He'll lose 2003 Revenues: $1.7 billion Henry Sy runs the Philippines' largest retailer, but he operates his SM Group almost as if it were a family-owned corner greengrocery.
From Time Magazine Archive
But, though it was steady enough, he dreamed of bigger things; once, when a reporter came to interview him at the greengrocery, he puckishly pretended that he was someone else, that "Alber" had moved away.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the greengrocery market, the stalls were overhung with date branches, cinnamon stalks, strings of dried orange peels, gunny-bags of pistachios, fresh pears, pomegranates, and boxes of honeycombs.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
The first thing that struck my eye on approaching was the unusual appearance of the Wattles's greengrocery shop.
From A Girl Among the Anarchists by Isabel Meredith
Mr. Raggles himself had to supply the greengroceries.
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
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