Greengrocing

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Greengrocery, the trade of selling fruit and vegetables. humorous, nonce-word, uncountable

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

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

Etymology

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

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