| 单词 | greengrocer |
| 例句 | Hassan kissed Aziz quickly, so the greengrocer across the street and his wife—who spoke to their individual cats more than to each other—would not spread rumors that the young couple were indecent. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But it was interesting, once I started to analyse and sort the examples, to discover that the greengrocer’s apostrophe formed just one depressing category of the overall, total, mind-bogglingly depressing misuse of the apostrophe. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z "There's also a great gaggle of bakers, butchers, and greengrocers clamoring to be heard." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was a passionate chef who put great store in the healthfulness of fresh ingredients from the Mieles’ vegetable garden or the greengrocers in Park Slope. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The only illiteracy with apostrophes that stirs any sympathy in me is the greengrocer’s variety. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z In the meantime, Father left to buy some vegetables from a nearby greengrocer for our dinner. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Our greengrocer buys potatoes from the “Wehrmacht” and brings them in sacks to the private office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The streetcar labored on, moving away from the landmarks she knew, the greengrocer’s, the movie theater, the fire hydrants and neighborhood newspaper stands. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Goocheys had a greengrocer’s shop in the middle of the High Street, and the family lived above the shop. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They flit around each other when she orders from the greengrocer daily. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The butcher and fishmonger at the local Gristedes market catered to her, as did an Italian greengrocer, setting aside her favorite black-seeded Simpson lettuces. What My Mother’s Cooking Taught Me 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z She recalled writing correspondence with a fountain pen, of preferring black-and-white photographs and of patronizing a greengrocer, a bakery and a butcher shop. Doris Grumbach, Author Who Explored Women’s Plight, Dies at 104 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Gary and I worked in a greengrocer’s on Saturdays and in the holidays. Martin Kemp: ‘George Michael came on our first date’ 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z As he retraces his steps he recalls leaving life as a greengrocer to reluctantly fight men of a similar age abroad. Lost: The Final Journey 2010-05-28T06:59:00Z Sykes was born in Oldham, Lancashire, and worked as a painter and a greengrocer's assistant before following his father into the mill. Eric Sykes 2012-07-04T11:46:45Z But I got a job at Mr Morris's, a Jewish greengrocer in Hackney, E5. Trevor Nelson: my Saturday job 2012-06-08T21:58:02Z In Australia, Chinese takeaways date back to the 1850s, when Chinese cookhouses and greengrocers provided for gold miners in remote parts of the country. Chow mein and chips: a brief history of the British Chinese takeaway 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Anna Wing took along her birth certificate to the EastEnders audition to prove she was the daughter of a greengrocer. Anna Wing, who played Lou Beale on EastEnders, dies aged 98 2013-07-11T12:56:52Z In 1980s Deal, a local greengrocer and a dentist had owned DeLoreans, he added. In ‘Back to The Future: The Musical,’ the Car Is the Star of the Show 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Use the corner greengrocer for urgent necessities, and the supermarket for the weekly shop. A fond farewell to secondhand bookshops 2011-03-09T13:20:55Z Brook's simile may no longer hold true for banks or greengrocers. Why regional theatres should be out and proud in 2011 2011-01-04T13:45:07Z In stressing that his professional career had remained unadulterated, the former greengrocer may have had an agenda. MasterChef final 2014: Ferran Adrià episode sees series on top form 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Alexander Sprague excels as Albert, the greengrocer's lad appointed King of the May in the absence of any local maidens unspotted enough to be Queen. Albert Herring – review 2013-05-17T14:33:54Z Form is how things you see becomes things that matter, investing even the daily haul from the greengrocer with the force of truth. The Cézanne We’ve Forgotten How to See 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z The classic Istanbul seagulls’ squawks and muezzins’ calls to prayer are present, but so too is “the damp, soot-stained pavement outside the greengrocer’s shop . . . littered with scallions and lettuce.” Review | ‘A Recipe for Daphne’ is a delicious debut 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Yet, as in all town centres nowadays, there are charity shops where there used to be grocers and greengrocers, and most places need a lick of paint. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z For a sweet-flavoured cucumber, Lebanese are your best bet; they’re sold in many greengrocers and any Middle Eastern shop worth the name. Cool customer: Yotam Ottolenghi’s cucumber recipes 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z We needed some essentials for our bikes, and found a little motorcycle workshop down a backstreet, incongruous among a jumble of North African greengrocers. 'My romantic holiday’: the good, the bad and the calamitous 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z I live in Camden, and I’m very lucky because I have a traditional greengrocer called Parkway Greens just a minute away. Where to Eat in London, According to British blogger Sasha Wilkins 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Seated in a narrow horseshoe around a patch of the spiky, plastic grass found on greengrocer's displays, it feels as if you could be watching the opera in a tea tent on the village green. Albert Herring – review 2013-05-17T14:33:54Z They’re the greengrocer who thinks that metric units of measurement are inherently treasonous. Ooh, Matron! Why Carry On films refuse to remain dead 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z So now I, too, get giddy when the first bundles of local asparagus appear at my local greengrocer in April. A God Among Vegetables 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z In those days, Cyprus potatoes arrived here in a wicker-type basket and the women would ask the greengrocer for them. Family life 2013-02-23T07:15:01Z Having supported the Conchords on several tours, he made a memorable appearance in their show as an Indian greengrocer with a racial prejudice against New Zealanders. This week's new comedy 2011-02-26T00:07:58Z It adds to the richness and texture of life as surely as supporting your local greengrocers rather than going to a supermarket on the outskirts of town. A fond farewell to secondhand bookshops 2011-03-09T13:20:55Z The columns could only be seen from an abandoned garden that had once belonged to his friend, San Casciano's late greengrocer, who grew fruit and vegetables there to sell in the village shop. Village bin man helped unearth ancient bronze statues in Tuscany 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z The barrow became two shops in Bethnal Green - with enough money left over to buy Len's parents a greengrocer business in Kent. Len Goodman obituary: From the East End to Strictly Come Dancing studio 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The damage to her building happened when missiles slammed into a military recruitment office across the street in early March, nearly flattening it, along with the adjoining greengrocer’s and pharmacy. 'They didn’t expect us to fight back': How one street in Ukraine survived 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z "I think it takes people back to the pre-supermarket days, where they could get all of their shopping done at the butchers, the bakers and the greengrocers." Why are bakers' fortunes on the rise? 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z It had a greengrocer and several small shops, offering easy access to basics for our apartment kitchenettes, and it was just a 10-minute tram ride into the heart of Florence. On a three-week group tour, I saw Florence at my own pace 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z We accompanied her on a shopping trip to the local arcade, where the only fresh food on offer comes from a sole greengrocer and a butcher shop. The people who have waited years for a supermarket 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Some, like greengrocer Paul Naughton, are more worried about the cost of living than things that happened two years ago. Sue Gray report: 'While people died with strangers, they partied' 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z With all the ambulances having already left the scene, he was taken to hospital in a greengrocers' van. Aberfan disaster: Surviving schoolchildren's trauma 55 years on 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z “I have a deal with the greengrocer next door,” he said, looking up. ‘As the Train Rattled Across the Manhattan Bridge, I Shut My Eyes’ 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Satriale’s Pork Store, where Tony’s crew will one day gather, still appears to be a part of a functioning neighborhood; you can see a greengrocer across the street, instead of slow decay. Why Is Every Young Person in America Watching ‘The Sopranos’? 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z This might make supermarkets a more attractive option, similar to the effect that large chains have had on local butchers and greengrocers in the past. Tesco zero-waste trial launches at 10 stores in England 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z "In a small shop like ours, I would prefer the masks to stay," says Matt Barbrook, who runs Little Gems, a greengrocers on Market Place. Covid: The double-edged sword hanging over tourist town Southwold 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Mother and daughter business team, Tracy and Becky Taylor, run Fresh and Fruity greengrocers inside the new trading hall. Street markets: Can councils get redevelopment right? 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Natalie buys from local markets and greengrocers, which she says is cost-effective, and also helps to boost the local economy. 'We're having a sustainable Christmas' 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z The miniature railway weaves through the rolling landscape, the village doctor and nurse assess a patient without the need for PPE and there is no queue outside Chris P Lettis, the greengrocers. 'People couldn't wait for model village to reopen' 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Now, we shop as infrequently as possible, doing big, fortnightly shops as well as ordering from local butchers and greengrocers, mirroring shopping patterns more like my mum’s, nearly 40 years ago. Reality bites: how the pandemic changed the way we eat 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z However, spending at stores such as local off-licences and greengrocers grew by 30% in March as people stocked up on alcohol and fruit and vegetables. March retail sales 'plummet' as outbreak hit 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z The only businesses permitted to remain open are supermarkets, bakeries, butchers, fishmongers, greengrocers, petrol stations, pharmacies, tobacconists and newspaper kiosks. Coronavirus: Beijing backtracks, Paris locks up and Spain locks down 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z "A lot of the supermarkets are starting to offer more choice but I still think going to a greengrocers or a market is the best way of getting all of your fruit and vegetables plastic-free." A family's tips for a plastic-free Christmas 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z George Chubb of Glasgow greengrocer Roots and Fruits said the plants were really popular because of their “extreme taste” and “eco credentials”. Startup helps Scottish farmers grow gourmet plants with sea water 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z The alternative to lockers is to deposit parcels for pick-up at a convenient point near the house: a greengrocer’s or a cafe or a bodega. How our home delivery habit reshaped the world 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Next was a quick visit to one of Sadr City’s oldest markets, where butchers and fishmongers, greengrocers and cloth sellers work cheek by jowl. ‘Our Patience Is Over’: Why Iraqis Are Protesting 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Neither Lewis nor Flora had a farming background; Lewis's parents were greengrocers and Flora's were teachers. 'I was given three sheep for doing well in my GCSEs' 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Turkish greengrocers are most likely to be found in the former West Berlin, while Vietnamese stores are a hallmark of the East. East-West divide has left its mark in Berlin, 30 years on 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Most vegetables and fruits that we used to buy from local greengrocers were local produce. For Palestinians, Israel’s elections promise nothing but defeat | Raja Shehadeh 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z But this isn’t the flaky, fading stuff on which oranges were once displayed at the greengrocer. Turf it out: is it time to say goodbye to artificial grass? 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The greengrocer is proudly hawking "English cherries" from her fruit stall in the local market. Will Brexit break Britain, and would England care? 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z I used baby aubergines because my greengrocer had them but normal ones will do. Anna Jones’ aubergine recipes | The modern cook 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z The butcher was doing good trade, as was the greengrocer, and the people walking around the shops didn’t appear to be addicted to their phones. Shrinking the world: why we can't resist model villages 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Rose was 59 at the time, and working as a greengrocer in Portsmouth. ‘Shoestring sailor’ Rose’s round-the-world epic still enchants, 50 years on | Andy Bull 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Havel memorably asked his readers to imagine a greengrocer who obediently posts a hackneyed slogan — “workers of the world, unite!” — in the window of his shop. Opinion | What the Soviet bloc and the American South have in common 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z For Fatma, a Turkish mother of two waiting quietly beside the greengrocer’s, the explosions were starting to feel as familiar as they did ominous. Anger and fear along Turkey’s border as offensive brings the war back home 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z For six months in Barcelona, he slept in the basement of a greengrocer. Angel Nieto, Motorcyclist Who Won 13 Grand Prix Races, Dies at 70 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z “The greengrocers that New Yorkers grew up with have become more a thing of the past,” said Burt P. Flickinger III, the managing director of Strategic Resource. Where Did My Supermarket Go? 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z He went back to work at as greengrocer. ‘Shoestring sailor’ Rose’s round-the-world epic still enchants, 50 years on | Andy Bull 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z What would happen, Havel asked, if one fine day that greengrocer stopped going along to get along? Opinion | What the Soviet bloc and the American South have in common 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z "Often on tour, we'd pull over to a greengrocers somewhere in the middle of some vale, buy some bread and cheese, and just pull off the highway and eat in a field," he says. Phil Collins: Back from the brink after alcohol battle - BBC News 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z They are unconcerned by warnings from on high: “Everyone is fed up with scaremongering from the government,” complains Harvey Weeks from behind the counter of a greengrocer’s. I owe EU 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z And generally, it’s been heartfelt, as was the thumbs-up from my Kurdish greengrocer after he invited me to confess my football allegiance over a plastic basket of veg. Julian Barnes: my stupid Leicester City love 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z From Mexicans working in greengrocers to West African deliverymen to South Asian limo drivers, immigrants have chalked up a series of organizing victories. 'The struggle has no borders': immigrant workers battle union busting tactics 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Interviewed at a greengrocer in South Tehran, several customers said they would not even think of voting, pointing at corruption and the poor state of the economy. Mixed Turnout in Tehran as Iranians Head to Polls 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Robb’s roots as a greengrocer are evident as he walks the company’s flagship store here. Whole Foods Boss Calls Himself a ‘Pusher Leader’ 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Mr Fletcher, a greengrocer, said he caught the fish within an hour of fishing at the lake on the evening of Wednesday 13 January. Wokingham angler Dean Fletcher claims new carp record - BBC News 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Initially Milhem was thought to be hiding in northern Tel Aviv, in the area his trail cut off and which he knew well from a delivery job at a local greengrocer. Suspected Tel Aviv gunman killed in shootout, Israeli police say 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z A long beep expresses anger, two short ones are a hello to the local greengrocer, and so on. An insider's cultural guide to Beirut: 'a beautiful, rowdy, intoxicated mess' 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z “You only see the greengrocer and the butcher at street level, not all the doctors and lawyers upstairs.” Stuttgart Embraces Migrants, and the Challenge of Housing Them 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Why not blow up the dam?” the greengrocer said. A small town in Slovakia held a vote on accepting refugees; 97 percent said no. 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Cynical it may be, but the big guys very rarely help out the little guys: have you ever heard of Walmart helping out that independent, artisanal greengrocer on your street corner? Don Garber wants more Premier League involvement in MLS: bad idea 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z No matter that the boutique replaced a greengrocer when it opened in 2008; the four greengrocers who inhabit the two blocks around it were happy to pick up the slack. On One Paris Street, Shopkeepers Specialize in Only One Kind of Thing 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Bill was not a man in the fullness of his mental health, and I thought the greengrocers were mocking me for being intolerant and closed-minded. I’m tired of being kind to creepy men in order to stay safe | Daisy Buchanan 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z It is also the place to sample some Iberico ham at one of the ham stalls or some fresh Valencian orange juice from one of the many greengrocers. Valencia, the food and wine lover's paradise 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Its customers primarily are small food markets and greengrocers, along with wholesalers and purveyors that sell produce to restaurants, he said. Workers at New York's giant produce market could strike over weekend 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Its customers primarily are small food markets and greengrocers, along with wholesalers and purveyors that sell produce to restaurants. Tentative deal averts strike at New York City's largest produce market 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Those who stand to lose out as this trend grows are the specialists, such as bakeries, greengrocers and butchers, traditionally a big part of Spain's grocery offerings. Brutal competition batters supermarkets the world over 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z The two men who worked in the greengrocer across the street were laughing. I’m tired of being kind to creepy men in order to stay safe | Daisy Buchanan 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Shops include a post office, butchers, a sweet shop and a greengrocers. Model village aids dementia patients 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Or maybe dyed carnations at the sidewalk greengrocer. New York Today: Stalking the Urban Wildflower 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z A tailor, a painter and a greengrocer occupied other homes, according to a 1907 trade directory. 'Living the dream' on Benefits Street 2014-02-10T00:17:26Z McElhone was elected Labour MP for Glasgow Queen's Park in a by-election called when her husband, the previous incumbent and a former greengrocer, died after a heart attack. The ex-MPs who died in 2013 - part two 2013-12-27T09:54:09Z The collection of 15 jars, including carrots, peas, asparagus and cherries, belonged to greengrocer Fred Reeks. Century-old fruit and veg donated 2013-07-26T12:22:32Z In the town near where I farm in Somerset, there's no butcher, greengrocer or fishmonger thanks to the cathedral-like Tesco in the ghastly retail park. Cheap food is an addiction we must break 2013-07-20T23:06:04Z I'm old enough to remember going to the butcher, the baker and the greengrocer with my mother, several times a week, getting extra stuff in on a Tuesday because Wednesday was half-day closing. The rot has set into the high street as we opt for Tesco over local grocers 2013-05-24T15:41:00Z “It’s a bit like Walmart moving in next door to the local greengrocer,” he said. London Games Over, Future of Olympic Stadium Remains Uncertain 2013-01-22T15:22:13Z Throughout the morning in Totnes there was evidence of this: the greengrocers was taking boxes of produce to the cafes, the bakeries preparing quiches for the delis. The Totnes retailing revolution 2013-01-08T13:07:12Z My neighbourhood has some fine food shops: a cheese emporium, a greengrocer's, a well regarded butcher's and a recently opened fishmonger's. The gulf between rich and poor in terms of diet is still vast, and that's wicked 2012-11-23T22:30:01Z Philadelphia is trying to turn corner stores into greengrocers. Will Philadelphia’s experiment in eradicating ‘food deserts’ work? 2012-06-08T15:39:00Z Make the most of all chances for social contact, whether it’s speaking to the local greengrocer or responding to a fellow bus passenger who strikes up a conversation. Text or Talk: Is Technology Making You Lonely? 2012-05-24T23:12:46Z Then came Mr. Newall, the greengrocer, whose shop faced the far corner of Thompson's. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z It was impossible not to go out with the greengrocer every day. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z Boldly entering another shop, which we knew to be a greengrocer's by the orange-hued gourd and basin of parsley on the doorstep, we found it half shop, half weaver's workroom. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z GREENGROCERS, greengrocers, In your green shops, With cabbages and cauliflowers And tough turnip-tops. Kensington Rhymes 2012-03-15T02:00:28.607Z We're a miserable mixture of farmer, milkman, greengrocer, and carting contractor. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z One morning the greengrocer did not take down his shutters. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z But the greengrocer from Kent reeled down the street to the nearest public-house. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z They are usually people in traditional retail sectors like food, greengrocers, clothes or shoe shops, florists or furniture shops. Mafia now "Italy's No.1 bank" as crisis bites: report 2012-01-10T19:22:16Z Written on a lead tablet found in Antioch, one of the largest cities in the Roman Empire, the curse calls on the gods to tie up the hapless greengrocer, then “drown and chill” his soul. Observatory: Reaching Back 2,000 Years to Unravel a Curse 2012-01-02T19:34:54Z According to Mr. Saltus, in spite of his abnormal life, Wilde's conversation, barring its brilliancy, was as respectable and conventional as that of a greengrocer. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z She was sent out for parsley to the greengrocer’s later in the day, and when she came up the area steps her heart gave quite a quick beat of recognition. A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time 2011-09-09T02:01:08.700Z She addressed the letter to Miss Eden at the greengrocer's. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z Mr. Hearty was a greengrocer who had one eye on business and the other eye on God, in case of accidents. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z Here I have a full view of the permanent barracks in the valley below, together with a range of little shops—butchers’, bakers’, shoemakers’, greengrocers’, outfitters’, jewellers’, public-houses, etc, etc. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z In London a large sale is carried on in “Christmasing,” or in the sale of holly, ivy, laurel, evergreens, bay, and mistletoe, for Christmas sports and decorations, by the family greengrocer and the costermongers. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z He could not help thinking that if he had but the money, the value, of a single much-despised pony that drew a greengrocer’s cart he should be almost a prince. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z The cab stopped at a large, sparkling, plate-glassy shop—a very high-class fruiterer's and greengrocer's. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z You hinder all the rest from buying fish, And drive the city to the greengrocer, And so we fight for parsley like the combatants At Neptune's games on th' Isthmus. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Before the riots, this street was alive – there was a cinema, butchers, greengrocers and a Tesco. Tesco breathes new life into Toxteth 2011-07-12T15:14:00Z Mrs. Curate, Mrs. Lawyer, Mrs. Chemist, and Miss Seventy-four must be taught to go to the greengrocer of the district, Mr. Manners, a highly respectable man, a Vestryman and a Churchwarden, who keeps:— A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z Evidently the class of customers expected was a low one, greengrocers’ and costermongers’ boys apparently, and such like. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z She being on foot and he on wheels, it was natural that he should offer her a lift in his cart—it was a greengrocer's cart. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z B. The greengrocer Is also a salt-fishmonger; go and ask him. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Frost carried on the business of a greengrocer. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z A greengrocer, on intimate terms with a lady of quality, had told him as a secret that the Guards were already embarking for Belgium. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z "Sacked", as he put it, from King's following a teenage dalliance with the daughter of a town greengrocer, he read voraciously - Latin, Greek, Shakespeare, history - for the Sandhurst Military Academy entrance examination. Intellectual action man 2011-06-10T16:06:51Z Who could be a better observer than the greengrocer by the mosque or the hospital night watchman? Out of the Shadow of Fear in Syria 2011-06-05T14:00:00Z For decades, Korean greengrocers have embodied a classic New York type — the immigrant entrepreneur — and become as much a staple of city life as the yellow cab and the pretzel vendor. A New York Staple for Decades, Korean Grocers Are Dwindling 2011-06-02T01:47:15Z Dodger admits that he bought them from village greengrocer. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 26th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.693Z We explored the shops in the village, choosing a butcher, a grocer, a greengrocer, and a fishmonger after minute investigation. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z This brought the greengrocer's cart nearer to the empty hansom, and gave me a chance to examine some of the passengers on a Chancery Lane 'bus beyond. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z The young men hired a cab at the nearest cab-stand, and drove to the establishment of the friendly greengrocer who had given shelter to their goods. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z The joke is to connect her with chervil—a grassy vegetable which grew wild and was only eaten in time of famine—or with wild green-stuff in general, or simply to call her a greengrocer. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z It did not occur to me, that six years was a sufficient period of time for turning a saddler’s shop into a greengrocer’s—without any reason for being surprised at the transformation. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z The volunteers were collating the results of a recent survey of the 200-some greengrocers and convenience stores in Crown Heights, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Mapping the Food Desert 2011-02-28T22:45:05.453Z I had now a good view of the Chancery Lane 'bus over the greengrocer's cart, and of another 'bus behind that, bound for Gray's Inn Road. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z I believe her name was Stubbs, and her father a greengrocer—left off. Friends I Have Made 2011-02-25T03:01:14.587Z She could knock off butcher and greengrocer and do every scrap of household work that she could touch, in a couple of hours a day. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z There used to be fishmongers, greengrocers and small traders here, but now they've all closed and it's all supermarkets and chains. Morpeth - the town with most to fear from public sector cuts 2011-02-02T08:00:01Z Being possessed of some money, he resolved to abandon his evil courses, and set up a greengrocer’s shop in the Rue Rambuteau, which went on thrivingly for some time. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z In another moment I was out of the house, and walking back briskly towards the city, followed at a distance by the greengrocer's cart. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z The grocer and the greengrocer are early on their rounds. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z Perambulators cluttered the pavements and eager housewives were in earnest conversation with butchers and greengrocers who had arranged their wares temptingly outside their shops so that they could be handled and considered and sampled. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z There was a big sailor with a concertina, and a stout lady with a tambourine, and a soldier with a pair of cymbals, and an elderly greengrocer, who was very thin. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z "I'm teaching ice cream making at the Welbeck School of Artisan Food," she says, but she's most excited about her "shed", a disused greengrocer's she spotted while cycling home. Britain's DIY food producers 2011-01-23T00:04:02Z I was beginning to feel very puzzled when it suddenly occurred to me to prospect the greengrocer's cart, which hitherto I had scarcely more than glanced at. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Besides, green vegetables were to be had at the greengrocer's. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The impact on ordinary greengrocers and vegetable sellers is also unpredictable. Sri Lanka army to sell vegetables 2011-01-07T14:58:32Z And the moon's full," said the greengrocer, "and it's a quarter to twelve. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z The English greengrocer, for instance, divides his asparagus into large and small heads. English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z The greengrocer's cart passed me by some twenty yards at a smart trot, then slowed down to a walk. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z The greengrocer under the Porche to the left was putting up his last shutter, the seller of hardware and Breton pottery across the way had already done so. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z The greengrocer up Hez’s Court was doing a powerful stroke of business in potatoes and greens; oranges, parsnips, and sticks of celery and horse-radish disappeared like magic. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z As for the greengrocer, he became so hungry that he danced into one of Mr Joseph's shops, and Mr Joseph gave him permission to eat everything that he could see. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z There is only one shop in town, LaDows, and this doubles as a greengrocer, general store, butcher, hardware store, video library and cafe. Pass the bucks 2010-12-11T00:02:00Z The pony drawing the greengrocer's cart was now almost touching our steps with his nose. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Have you noticed any shortages yet in supermarkets or greengrocers? Iceland volcano: Can fruit and vegetable shortages turn us on to local food? 2010-04-19T13:37:00Z It obviates the need to trawl round the butcher, the baker and greengrocer. The rise of lazy foods 2010-03-17T12:37:00Z The butcher-boys largely prevailed; but the greengrocers, with their barrows arranged with fresh vegetables, were also many in number. Small Souls You can't make a head butler out of a local greengrocer. Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories I looked neither to right nor left, and not once back; but I knew that the greengrocer's cart still steadily dogged my wanderings. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z The books were there and in abundance, yet they were heaped about more like potatoes in a greengrocer's than things worthy of respect. The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life Penny packets of seeds may be had from the One and All Company at most greengrocer’s, and are really wonderful value for the money. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them Leon Karff was, as far as we could discover, a hard-working foreigner, driven by force of circumstances into adopting the lowly calling of a greengrocer's assistant. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England In her heart she regretted that her husband had not been a furniture-remover instead of a greengrocer; for it seemed to produce endless diversions. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle What was it that was done by this youngest of the V.C.'s this stripling of eighteen who, before he enlisted, was a messenger-boy to a greengrocer? The Irish at the Front Cloth dealers, druggists, greengrocers, salt and meat vendors, all have their special quarters now, as well as gold-and silversmiths, blacksmiths, carpenters, tailors, and barbers. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 The greengrocer’s wife had looked at him reproachfully from behind a heap of cooking apples, and her response to his diffident greeting was accompanied by a sorrowful wag of the head. Jacob's Ladder He's in the service of a greengrocer in Queen Street, close to the Hard. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England When a girl she had been called upon to choose between Alfred Hearty, then a greengrocer's assistant, and Joseph Bindle, and she never quite forgave herself for having taken the wrong man. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle On the other hand, Oxford, which is slimed with Toryism, is always ready to make any son of any impecunious greengrocer the head of one's college. The New Warden Mr. Hearty had married Mrs. Bindle's sister, and had become a prosperous greengrocer. Adventures of Bindle The greengrocer’s wife passed the time of day when not too preoccupied, and the newspaper boy no longer clutched for his penny. Jacob's Ladder "Are you Jane, the greengrocer?" she asked in a disagreeable, croaking voice, shaking her head to and fro. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors He had begun life on the tail-board of a parcels delivery van, he was now the owner of two flourishing greengrocer's shops, to say nothing of being regarded as one of Fulham's most worthy citizens. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle If War is to be the prefix, why cannot our greengrocer find suitable words in the chronicles of strife? Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Everything was ticketed in plain figures, figures that were the envy and despair of other Putney greengrocers. Adventures of Bindle He was short and stout, had a round wizened face freckled to the fuscous tint of a russedon apple, and was endowed with a voice which had all the husky sonority of a greengrocer's. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) I am at no loss for gardeners either, but what am I to do for greengrocers? Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work From van-boy to a small greengrocer, he had risen to the important position of calling on customers to solicit orders, and here he had shown his first flash of genius. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle "Capital fellows—more picturesque than the local greengrocer—and they don't breathe on the top of your head." The Brass Bottle If you had married a greengrocer it might have been pardonable. The Gates Between If you put him on a footing with the greengrocer and coal merchant, you must expect him to behave like a tradesman. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism Smith, the Newington greengrocer, was not alarmed; he twirled his thumbs, and said to himself, "Spurgeon's in fine form this morning!" Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Ninian returning home in an epicurean mood, might announce that he had seen mushrooms in a greengrocer's window. Changing Winds A Novel My telegram had not been received, and I had to wait at the station, until a civil greengrocer volunteered to drive me down to the pier alongside of which the yacht was berthed. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' In the poorer streets women with baskets on their arms were doing their weekly shopping at the stalls of small butchers and greengrocers. The Red Hand of Ulster He has been thinking about the Kaiser, the Kaiser who is breaking his heart through the medium of the greengrocer's baby. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 I tell you that the greengrocer who buys an original oil painting for sixteen shillings with frame complete is far nearer artistic salvation than the patron of the popular autotype. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences The man raised himself into erectness with a groan, and a crippled greengrocer whom I had known in my youth, to me the basic type of hunchback—became an upstanding British private. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War Then followed a long, low, open vehicle, rather like a greengrocer's van painted black. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Then Poppy came in, bright and happy, with a bunch of white roses in her hands, which Jack's friend the greengrocer had given him, and which he had sent to Poppy's mother. Poppy's Presents Bones does not care much what happens to the greengrocer's baby, but he says if it lasts much longer he will have to put his shutters up. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 The greengrocer's daughter now——' 'Speak me no more matches. Ghetto Comedies When it ceased dripping for an hour at noon, the greengrocer said cheerily, "Another grand day, mam!" Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland The shops are all open to the street, without glass, in this quarter; they are just what we should call stalls; most of them seem to be greengrocers' or fruiterers'. Round the Wonderful World That was the way I managed, just docking the butcher's bill and the greengrocer's bill. A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School It is not so rosy as it was, but the greengrocer says red-faced babies are apoplectic and that the reason it twitches so much in its sleep is because it is so full of vitality. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 But the next day a joyous postcard came from Daisy, which the greengrocer downstairs read to Natalya, and she was able to take up her sack again and go forth into the sweltering streets. Ghetto Comedies There are a great many cellar shops all over Germany, and these are mostly restaurants, laundries, and greengrocers. Home Life in Germany No sooner have we landed and fought our way into one of the narrow alleys, than the road is blocked by an enormous bull who stands placidly before a greengrocer's stall sampling his wares. Round the Wonderful World I must have butter to my bread and milk in my tea, but the greengrocer and the butcher will pay your third-class return fare to the school. A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School It is a duel of endurance between Bones and the greengrocer's baby. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 “The greengrocers, I mean not the Lord Mayors.” Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker The old man told the monks he much preferred the arch to the damp cellar where a greengrocer of Rome used to make him sleep. The Spirit of Rome Sometimes he sent Ford out to the nearest greengrocer’s in the Marylebone Road for a penny apple, which he surreptitiously ate as dessert. The Seven Secrets "I know the back door of a greengrocer's shop, and I'll go and thump till he opens it." The Girls of St. Olave's At first the greengrocer's baby did not like bananas and its cries were awful. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 “I thought Sam was in a greengrocer’s shop,” said Cæsar in a drawling, indifferent manner. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker From a greengrocer he learnt arithmetic; and higher branches were begun under one of those wandering scholars who gained a livelihood by cures for the sick and lessons for the young. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" One pretends to be a garage, another a private hotel, a third a small greengrocer’s, and a fourth a boot repairer’s. The Stretton Street Affair I saw them last year also in the greengrocers' shops at Brighton. Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The shops still partake of the dual character that we find in quiet villages, so that the grocer is also the chemist and the butcher is the greengrocer. The Cornwall Coast But would anyone be in a greengrocer’s shop if they could be in anything else? Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker Your father was a lawyer that failed and couldn't pay his debts; mine was a bankrupt greengrocer. A Sheaf of Corn The explanation is that the greengrocers can come here, and, in tidying up their carts, can throw their refuse upon the roadway, as they would not be allowed to do in 'higher class' streets. A Poor Man's House Ha!" said Mrs. Parry, rubbing her nose, "and my greengrocer is on the jury. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story Wait but one moment longer, Miss Ruff, and the greengrocer and I will have done with our usherings, and then the decks shall be cleared. The Bertrams When we were kids, he and I, we used to plan we’d be Lord Mayors—A greengrocer!” Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker On this occasion what was called a Tales was prayed for, and two common jurors were pressed into the service: and “a greengrocer and a chemist were caught directly.” Bardell v. Pickwick There was a greengrocer's shop at the corner of the street in which he lodged, and he never passed it without being conscious of its trodden and decaying leaves. The House with the Green Shutters A greengrocer's boy pretended to bark too, and teased him; so he grew cross, and thought he would go home. The Children's Book of London Miss Todd stood at her drawing-room door as her guests were ushered in, not by the greengrocer's assistant, but by the greengrocer himself in person. The Bertrams The two boys said good-bye and Sam made no hint as to the possibilities of a future meeting, neither did Christopher, embarrassed by the presence of the greengrocer. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker It is a pity that small florists and greengrocers in London do not know more about this; and it would be a great act of kindness to them and to their customers to instruct them. Last Words A Final Collection of Stories Its tenant is a greengrocer, and the monument to Marcus Aurelius has an odour of garlic; but it need not be supposed that that was specially repugnant to me. Old Junk This man by her side was the greengrocer!—their morning friend. An Australian Lassie But I saw, not far off, a greengrocer's shop, and the things there displayed were enough to tempt any one's appetite, I simply could not resist them. Chatterbox, 1906 Jones, walking swiftly, passed a sea-side boot shop, a butcher’s, greengrocer’s, and Italian warehouse—the same, to judge by the name over the door—that had sent forth the messenger boy on the bicycle. The Man Who Lost Himself The change from a public to a greengrocer’s scarcely affects the point. Pickwickian Studies How could the white marble of Marcus, to say nothing of a warmer philosophy no less austere, be acceptable to our senses unless translated, with a familiar odour of garlic, by modern greengrocers? Old Junk The greengrocer chose this moment to open the front door and look into the hall, and the captain saw him, started, and lost his feeling of kinship for the sleeper. An Australian Lassie My friend, my dear friend," said he to the greengrocer, "see, these are the presents which Christmas has brought to my little Raoul. The Lost Child I paid the greengrocer, pressed the cauliflower into the hand of the smallest boy, and drove off.... Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 At the greengrocer’s, where the Bath footmen had their “swarry,” the favourite drink was “cold srub and water,” or “gin and water sweet;” also “S’rub punch,” a West Indian, drink, has now altogether disappeared. Pickwickian Studies "The greengrocer's wife helped me," said Walter sullenly. Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales A cross section of thin flat bricks with generous interstices of cement in the front wall of a greengrocer's opposite, indicated the line of the Roman fortification. Riviera Towns Finally, he turned round to study the features of the greengrocer, and was charmed by the loyal expression in the face of the man, and his clear, truthful eyes. The Lost Child I was out with mother, and mother went to the greengrocer’s, and while she was there the lady comed in. Dickory Dock She walked slowly and gave appraising glances at shop windows, pausing finally at a greengrocer's to purchase some bananas. Salthaven You know what sort of lodgings she would get there among psalm-singing greengrocers who would tell her of her misfortune every day of her life! Dr. Wortle's School That is to say, about fifty days on shore out of the year, and three hundred and fifteen days on what the cockney greengrocer living next door to Jim styled the “’owlin’ deep.” Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories The front wheels doubled up into a sudden embrace, broke loose, and went across the road, one into a greengrocer’s shop, the other into a chemist’s window. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure Treated in this way the greengrocers can keep them in good condition by watering until sold. Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses The Amin-ed-Dowleh, or Lord High Treasurer, 'a large, coarse man, and the son of a greengrocer of Ispahan,' was Mohammed Hussein Khan, the second personage of Court. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan Run up into the road to the greengrocer’s shop.” Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden I had about thirteen pounds of a gratuity coming to me, and by the aid of the vicar I got all that at once, and set up as a greengrocer. Six Years in the Prisons of England Here was 17, a baker’s; 15, a greengrocer’s; and 13—eh? a chemist’s? Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life In New York it is commonly sold by greengrocers and pushcart men in the Italian sections. Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses A barber's son is quite as good as a greengrocer's, and, in our respective cases, a great deal better too; for I can read and write, whereas his excellency, as report says, can do neither. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan Down the stairs she went, then out into the Court; and just round the corner in Drury Lane was a greengrocer's shop, in the window of which hung a label "New-laid Eggs." Little Pollie Or a Bunch of Violets Like himself, they were indeed "younger sons"—of greengrocers. Civilization Tales of the Orient Once they passed a roadhouse where they got a drink out of a watering trough for animals and stole a few mouthfuls of food from some baskets a greengrocer had left outside the kitchen door. Billy Whiskers' Adventures The birthplace of Reynolds is one of these houses in the "Row"; a greengrocer now has the lower floor of the house for his shop, while his numerous family live upstairs. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Further on is the greengrocer, with the long strings of greens, and sausages, and flabby balls of cheese, and straw-covered oil-flasks dangling in festoons before his door. Rome in 1860 He even staggered as at last he dropped from his bicycle and, wheeling it across a broad pavement, left it reclining against a box of apples exposed in front of a small greengrocer's shop. A People's Man The shop in Wangaroo occupied by the Museum of Marvels was rented from a Chinese greengrocer, who carried on a business next door. The Missing Link She was the daughter of a washerwoman and a greengrocer, and heredity had triumphantly asserted itself. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton She was the daughter of a greengrocer, and, in February 1846, at the age of sixteen, she went to the palace with vegetables. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II Brooks, ushered in by a neighbouring greengrocer, entered upon a scene of unexpected splendour. A Prince of Sinners "Had to put him in a wheelbarrow, wheeled him into a greengrocer's shop, put a carrot in his mouth, and rang the bell," shouted Muchross. Mike Fletcher A Novel For the purpose of this competition the sports must take place on a Thursday, when the weekly visit of the greengrocer coincides with one of the bi-weekly visits of the baker from Framford. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-01 I am accustomed to buy from our greengrocer bundles of asparagus, each 12 inches in circumference. Amusements in Mathematics I said no one ever heard of a greengrocer with a cannon in his shop; and Joseph said it couldn't matter if the greengrocer stood in front of the cannon so as to hide it. Melchior's Dream and Other Tales And when she was finally seated in her place, and saw a couple of nimble waiters, with the greengrocer in the back, looking cool and capable, she felt that the worst was over. A Prince of Sinners "Oh, you must remember—it was in Grellingham Place, and the greengrocer's boy helped as well." The Splendid Folly A woman and her husband were found murdered in a little fruiterer's and greengrocer's shop. Jan A Dog and a Romance Then there is a brave show in the greengrocers' windows for a brief period, followed by entire dearth for weeks, and perhaps months. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition But I was ready and willing, for Greg had a tidy little greengrocer's business and they counted him a snug man. The Torch and Other Tales She had been unfaithful to him many times, he told her: Mr. King, Dutch Frank, Ole Fred and the Chinese greengrocer from whom she bought granadillas every day, were the objects of her transferred affections. Captivity She declines, and goes to the greengrocer, who wants to sell her a peculiar vegetable which is bound up in bundles and of a black color. Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners His only relation was a niece, who lived as servant with a greengrocer. The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection On the barrows of itinerant greengrocers in Paris the thinnings of Lettuce crops form part of the general stock, and in this country we do not sufficiently utilise this young tender stuff. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition As straight as any other greengrocer, and straighter than some. The Torch and Other Tales And at last the greengrocer thought it time to intervene. More Toasts But she did not like the American, and she thought Barker was turning the Duke into a miner, or a farmer, or a greengrocer, or something—it was not quite clear. Doctor Claudius, A True Story In the sailing-ship days each of the greengrocers—as they were called, though they sold all kinds of stores besides—had their connection. Looking Seaward Again The wife of a liberal greengrocer has just been seen with the Griggles ribbons in her cap. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841 I would sometimes borrow the greengrocer’s pony, for I was not particular what I rode, so long as it had four legs. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance He eyed them for ten minutes, longingly and furtively, while the greengrocer bustled about serving customers. More Toasts Paper bags are no longer being used by greengrocers in Bangor, and their customers are patriotically assisting this economy by unpodding their green peas and rolling them home. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917 Every afternoon, between four and six, batches of captains were to be found seated in a greengrocer's shop having a glass of tea with a piece of lemon in it. Looking Seaward Again Too often they are trimmed off at the greengrocer’s or at the market, and, we presume, utilised for the purpose of feeding cattle. Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet His next step was to take a lodging in an obscure first floor in Burleigh Street, over a greengrocer's shop; and there he began to model his grand statue of Milo. Thrift Emmy bade her godspeed in her perils among the greengrocers. Septimus These are then put in 'punnets' by the greengrocers and retailed at a high price. The Amateur Poacher He would also make himself useful in other ways, doing all the heavy work and was extremely handy in running to the greengrocer's for butter, had she forgotten to purchase any. A Love Episode No French, English, Italian, or American gentleman would think he had in some way cleared his own character by sticking his sabre through some ridiculous greengrocer who had nothing in his hand but a cucumber. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index He apparently felt it was a very good joke, for he repeated it to parties on the tops of buses and parties on greengrocers' carts and parties in furniture vans. The Pleasures of Ignorance He would then patiently await her orders or call modestly for them at her residence, like the butcher or the greengrocer. Septimus Lao Chang has been buying vegetables, and has brought all the vegetable gardeners and greengrocers around me. Across China on Foot She herself kept a greengrocer's shop of the poorer kind. Women of the Country The first player thinks of "Artichoke," and commences: "I apprenticed my son to a greengrocer, and the first thing he sold was an A." My Book of Indoor Games At length he went to a confectioner in Rhyl and a greengrocer in Llandudno, and by giving away half the secret to each, he contrived to keep the whole secret to himself. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns Tom's father was a worthy greengrocer who, according to the author of "Lalla Rookh," always gave good measure and full count. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great The greengrocer usually did send round on Saturday mornings. The Price of Love Romans were to be found acting as ploughmen and herdsmen, workers in vineyards, carpenters, masons, potters, shoemakers, tanners, bakers, butchers, fullers, metal-workers, glass-workers, clothiers, greengrocers, shopkeepers of all kinds. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul But I have written an acrostic against Guedalyah the greengrocer, virulent as serpent's gall. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People He got money from me for the best and most expensive "ashleaf kidneys" and "Prooshian Blues," then planted cheap refuse from a small greengrocer's. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 8, 1890 Garlic, my boy, and nothing else! and you had better not walk musing there, or you will come in smelling of spring onions, like a greengrocer's shop. Father Payne He ignored what was due to servants, to greengrocers, and to the dignity of employers. The Price of Love At the greengrocer's next door there flared a bright jet of gas, and the light shone well into the deepening darkness. Alone in London "Truly we wish that," said the greengrocer cautiously. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People A greengrocer might have been apotheosized into a merchant. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 In addition to the hand-cart, there was now a coster's barrow, the property of a greengrocer, to whom also belonged a quantity of lumber, including some bundles of stakes and several hampers filled with straw. The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta A step further on is a greengrocer's shop, open and doing business. Over There War Scenes on the Western Front It was dark down the alley, only one lamp and the greengrocer's gas lighting it up, and Tony stole along quietly in the shadow. Alone in London "What have they done to you now?" said Guedalyah, the greengrocer, in Yiddish. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People They would always be giving peerages to greengrocers. All Things Considered A few oranges formed the greengrocer's whole concession to the vulgar mind. Little Dorrit ‘Werry hard if I am,’ interrupted the greengrocer, ‘for I got no good out of the twenty million that was paid for ’mancipation, anyhow.’ Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people Cyril pulled out a rotting canvas bag—about as big as the paper ones the greengrocer gives you with Barcelona nuts in for sixpence. The Phoenix and the Carpet "It has some high meaning we do not understand in these degenerate times," said Guedalyah the greengrocer. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People The greengrocer who brought cabbages to the corner of the Latchmere Road must have leant upon the oar with the unearthly grace of the gondolier. All Things Considered They are very tender to each other at dusky street-corners, and Towlinson has visions of leading an altered and blameless existence as a serious greengrocer in Oxford Market. Dombey and Son The bonnet-shape maker gave place to a greengrocer, and the histrionic barber was succeeded, in his turn, by a tailor. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people We asked a boy where he lived and he told us, and we went there, and it's a little greengrocer's shop, and we bought some Brazil nuts. The Phoenix and the Carpet Other speakers followed but in the end Guedalyah the greengrocer prevailed. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People We had no sticks or wooden balls, and the greengrocer said he could not book so many as twelve dozen coconuts without Mr Bastable's written order. The Story of the Treasure Seekers The large men in white waistcoats who waited at Scape's dinners, greengrocers, bank-porters, and milkmen in their private capacity, left their addresses and ingratiated themselves with the butler. Vanity Fair ‘Mr. Dumps!’ shouted the greengrocer in a stentorian voice, as he ushered the somewhat recovered godfather into the drawing-room half an hour after the above declaration. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people The greengrocer put on a pair of wash-leather gloves to hand the plates with, and stationed himself behind Mr. Tuckle's chair. The Pickwick Papers But Guedalyah the greengrocer was not the man to encourage idle hopes. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People There was a man with his wife and two boys and some articles of furniture in a cart such as greengrocers use. The War of the Worlds Two of the abominable wretches watched all last week at the greengrocer's opposite, and we could not get away until Sunday. Vanity Fair What! the little greengrocer at the corner is an artist because, forsooth, he has arranged some lettuce and tomatoes into a tempting pile! The Ways of Men The greengrocer and his wife then arranged upon the table a boiled leg of mutton, hot, with caper sauce, turnips, and potatoes. The Pickwick Papers Biggs is our greengrocer, and his chief talent lies in securing the services of the most abandoned and unprincipled errand-boys that civilisation has as yet produced. Three Men in a Boat But the long months and months during which I listened to the throb of the charwoman's heart and the rustle of the greengrocer's lungs, present little which is not dull and dreary. The Stark Munro Letters The next day, when she wanted to pay the greengrocer, she looked in the purse for her sixpence, and her heart sank to her shoes. Sons and Lovers The shop was a popular greengrocer and fruiterer's, an array of goods set out in the open air and plainly ticketed with their names and prices. The Innocence of Father Brown Upon this, Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz prayed a TALES; the gentleman in black then proceeded to press into the special jury, two of the common jurymen; and a greengrocer and a chemist were caught directly. The Pickwick Papers She was sent out for parsley to the greengrocer's later in the day, and when she came up the area steps her heart gave quite a quick beat of recognition. A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time Charles Fisher, a greengrocer, carrying on business in the Harrow Road, found in his woodshed, concealed in a nook in the wall, a parcel containing Mr. Ashton's gold watch and chain and a diamond ring. The Middle of Things Of course, as soon as I saw it, I closely questioned the greengrocer. Scarhaven Keep Why," he pursued, "why are two tickets wrongly placed in a greengrocer's shop like a shovel hat that has come to London for a holiday? The Innocence of Father Brown Sam called the greengrocer a 'desp'rate willin,' and ordered a large bowl of punch—two circumstances which seemed to raise him very much in the opinion of the selections. The Pickwick Papers A little further on he stopped at a greengrocer's shop, a small, insignificant shop with one window only. The Four Faces A Mystery The greengrocer, a dull-looking fellow who was measuring potatoes, showed no great interest on hearing what his callers wanted. The Middle of Things He lives, this greengrocer, on the edge of the town—I've got his address. Scarhaven Keep Thoreau would have been a jollier fellow if he had devoted himself to a greengrocer instead of to greens. Alarms and Discursions The greengrocer did as he was told, with a show of great humility, and obsequiously handed Mr. Tuckle the carving-knife; in doing which, he accidentally gaped. The Pickwick Papers "Some day we may meet again," I said as I parted from François and his companion, in the little greengrocer's shop. The Four Faces A Mystery The greengrocer pointed to a shelf in a corner above the bundle of sacking. The Middle of Things The greengrocer took them away on a handcart. Life and Death of Harriett Frean He would say that he was not a greengrocer who would think first of greens. Alarms and Discursions The world knows the rest as I learned it half an hour later at the greengrocer's, where the Crawleys owed an inexcusably large bill. The Delicious Vice By the afternoon, conveyed thither by the various butchers, bakers, and greengrocers who had acquired the news in the course of their morning rounds, the information had spread to the village. The Vision of Desire "Well, there was more paper about 'em than what I gave to Inspector Drillford," said the greengrocer. The Middle of Things It is long, narrow, crooked, and ill-paved; full of shops, but of a meaner description than those in the adjacent thoroughfare, with a larger proportion of fishmongers, greengrocers, secondhand furniture and old clothes sellers. Fan : the story of a young girl's life There was a rumour afloat in the office that Mr. Snape's wife held some little interest in a small greengrocer's establishment. The Three Clerks And then like a vision of purpose came Mr. Gambell, the greengrocer, running out of Clayford’s Alley and buttoning on his jacket as he ran. The History of Mr. Polly It would be overflowing with the offerings of the milkman, the fruiterer, the greengrocer, come sometimes from distant villages to dedicate here the first-fruits of their fields. Swann's Way "I suppose you never heard anybody about, that night?" he asked turning to the greengrocer. The Middle of Things You won't have a soul to hear you but the pew openers, the woman that cleans the chapel, Mrs Marshal's washerwoman, and the old greengrocer we buy our vegetables from. The Marquis of Lossie The greengrocer's boy should not carry out cabbages unless his fitness for cabbage-carrying had been ascertained, and till it had also been ascertained that no other boy, ambitious of the preferment, would carry them better. The Three Clerks One need only go to the nearest greengrocer's to obtain practical proof of it. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies And the other is, that Mr. Stockwell, the greengrocer, will buy all my apricots, and give me a good price for them. The Apricot Tree But when the prosecution had done with him, Mr. Millington-Bywater rose and quietly asked the police to produce the watch, chain and ring which the greengrocer had found, in their original wrappings. The Middle of Things The greengrocer who deliberately attempted to spoil President WILSON'S welcome by exhibiting American apples for sale on Boxing Day is suspected of being a naturalised German. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 1, 1919 She knew that money was power, that a man might begin life as a pot-boy or a greengrocer, a knacker or a dust contractor, and climb to the topmost pinnacles, were he only rich enough. Phantom Fortune, a Novel It is generally only stocked by "high-class" greengrocers. The Healthy Life Cook Book, 2d ed. He is not a, “gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff,” like some clerical greengrocers: what he says is his own, and he sticks to it. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston In one corner lay a bundle of empty potato sacks—the greengrocer at once pointed to it. The Middle of Things They were deep in the fascinating bewilderments of grocers' and greengrocers' wares, when Pansy Potts appeared in the doorway. Patty at Home The "hagnostic" greengrocer, in all the self-confidence of his ignorance, is but the lower extreme of a class that runs up much higher in the social scale and spreads out much wider in every direction. The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) The butcher, who is also greengrocer, sent a potato twelve inches long by nine round, "hoping the ladies would take it in their trunks to England as an average specimen." A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba This was no hiding in cupboard work, no marked coin work, no following the skittish wife of a greengrocer work. Once Aboard the Lugger Next day I remembered the servant had half-a-sovereign to pay the greengrocer, and I had not seen her since I gave it to her. More Pages from a Journal He looks in his mental upholstery like a greengrocer in evening dress. Philistia Yes, a shop in Brighton, a greengrocer's shop. Spring Days In the first place it is a perennial—if not in actual fact, at least in the greengrocer's shop. Not that it Matters Retail dealers, costermongers, and greengrocers were making their purchases in haste. The Fat and the Thin Sometimes he's an ugly little cacophonous brown sparrow; sometimes he's a splendid florid money-lender, or an aproned and obsequious greengrocer, or a trusted friend, hearty and familiar. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box They joke about the greengrocer, just as they joke about the mother-in-law. Getting Married Miss Stanbury had declared that with twelve she must have two waiters from the greengrocer's, and that two waiters would overpower her own domesticities below stairs. He Knew He Was Right The words "I am prepared!" which had just been reported to him by his maid-servant, who had heard it at the greengrocer's, had made him quite enthusiastic. The Fortune of the Rougons Huge vans were carrying away supplies for all the greengrocers and fruiterers of an entire district; chars-a-bancs were starting for the suburbs with straining, groaning sides. The Fat and the Thin On the other hand, the number of those whose calling is given as that of greengrocer does not reach 300. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken You can always spot me as the greengrocer. Getting Married After that, Mrs. Salisbury ordered in person, or by telephone, every day, and Justine's responsibilities were confined to the meat market and greengrocer. The Treasure Her one asset, the fact that her mother was what the Epsom greengrocer called a carriage lady had no exchange value, apparently. Pygmalion It was a triumphal procession to the butcher's and the greengrocer's Mrs Yabsley, radiant with beer, gave her orders royally, her bodyguard, seizing on every purchase, fighting for the privilege of carrying it. Jonah You know who I mean, Grinder the greengrocer.' The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists The kitchen is occupied at present by the Bishop's lady, Mrs Bridgenorth, who is talking to Mr William Collins, the greengrocer. Getting Married He then looked to the right and left and entered stealthily into a greengrocer's shop enclosed within a few boards. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 Then the wife enquired, "O man, how much do we owe the baker and the greengrocer?" The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] The greengrocer's was stripped bare to the shelves, as if an army of locusts had marched through with ravenous tooth. Jonah Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer. Man and Superman Now you know, dont you, that your services to the community as a greengrocer are as important and as dignified as mine as a soldier? Getting Married There was a greengrocer's shop still carrying on a little trade. Now It Can Be Told If thy father is a greengrocer, as I dare say is the case with some of the most mighty powers in the land, what matter so long as another knoweth it not? Cambridge Pieces When Chook and Pinkey arrived, she had partially destroyed the business, and was regretting that she had been too delicate to marry the greengrocer. Jonah The greengrocer's boy, between panting and tears, delivered his accusation. Idle Ideas in 1905 Only the greengrocer, sir, in charge of the wedding breakfast. Getting Married It is easier to ruin a kingdom and aggrandise one's own pride and prejudices than to set up a greengrocer's stall. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners The fruiterer and greengrocer is a person unknown in the Vosges. Three Men on the Bummel Why, for Mrs. Ogden as keeps the greengrocer's shop in Oxford Road. Mary Barton If I had shown half as many dangerous tendencies when I was a boy, my father would have apprenticed me to a greengrocer, of that I’m very sure,” etc., etc. The Way of All Flesh "As good as a play," one enthusiastic listener, an old greengrocer, went so far as to say. Paul Kelver, a Novel When it ceased dripping for an hour at noon, the greengrocer said cheerily, 'Another grand day, mam!' Penelope's Experiences in Scotland The following morning the indefatigable Albert, having cemented an alliance with the greengrocer's boy, took the latter's place and ingratiated himself with the cook at Malthouse. Secret Adversary Do you talk about your sister to the butcher and the greengrocer, too? The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes Might he not have apprenticed both his sons to greengrocers? The Way of All Flesh The last time it was the greengrocer’s boy, who, not seeing it was me, for Sarah had not lighted the gas, pushed into my hands two cabbages and half-a-dozen coal-blocks. Diary of a Nobody |
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