From 'Punch' to Terry the greengrocer is a good step, but, let me tell you, he. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
"The greengrocer is now a florist called Darling Buds of Kent". From Wordnik.com. [Patrice Peyret: Fix yourself a great e-trip with Keith Richards, an iPad and Google maps.] Reference
Sam called the greengrocer a 'desp'rate willin,' and ordered. From Wordnik.com. [The Pickwick Papers] Reference
There are some "desperate willins" (as Sam Weller called the greengrocer at the swarry) who fail to see much more than types in. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800] Reference
Sam called the greengrocer a. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club] Reference
‘Great power!’ said everybody but the greengrocer. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches by Boz] Reference
I found this year's supply in a greengrocer in Bristol. From Wordnik.com. [Nigel Slater's classic sloe gin recipe] Reference
And at last the greengrocer thought it time to intervene. From Wordnik.com. [More Toasts] Reference
A blight on some greengrocer they thought had cheated -em. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of Felix Gunderson] Reference
London work: it was to set up as a master greengrocer down at. From Wordnik.com. [Life's Little Ironies] Reference
Finally he saw a greengrocer selling vegetables from a wagon. From Wordnik.com. [Beloved]
Gambell, the greengrocer, waited at table and his wife cooked, and. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Mr. Polly] Reference
He stopped to pass the time of day idly with a Barigan greengrocer. From Wordnik.com. [Villains by Necessity]
Do you talk about your sister to the butcher and the greengrocer, too?. From Wordnik.com. [The Arrow of Gold] Reference
(My young son in the greengrocer line); or a governess, peaky and pale. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 20, 1891] Reference
His only relation was a niece, who lived as servant with a greengrocer. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection] Reference
Deal with Nature the great greengrocer and pay regularly the monthlies. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
"I apprenticed my son to a greengrocer, and the first thing he sold was an A.". From Wordnik.com. [My Book of Indoor Games] Reference
And then like a vision of purpose came Mr. Gambell, the greengrocer, running out of. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Mr. Polly] Reference
The wife of a liberal greengrocer has just been seen with the Griggles ribbons in her cap. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841] Reference
The friend, Simon Conklin, now worked at one of the local produce markets as a greengrocer. From Wordnik.com. [Along Came a Spider]
He sported an old-fashioned mustache, which made him look more like a greengrocer than a judge. From Wordnik.com. [The Monster of Florence] Reference
Our greengrocer buys potatoes from the "Wehrmacht" and brings them in sacks to the private office. From Wordnik.com. [The Diary Of A Young Girl]
Marrow the greengrocer, and Shrike the butcher, and even the new augur that was with us on the airship. From Wordnik.com. [Exodus From The Long Sun]
On the other hand, the number of those whose calling is given as that of greengrocer does not reach 300. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
The Guesser looking at them would have no difficulty in pronouncing (1) landlord, (2) greengrocer, (3) king. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
He eyed them for ten minutes, longingly and furtively, while the greengrocer bustled about serving customers. From Wordnik.com. [More Toasts] Reference
It forced him to change plans; he had intended to go first to Inga the greengrocer and find out what she knew. From Wordnik.com. [Citizen Of The Galaxy]
"Good evenin '," said the greengrocer blandly, "I found her about an hour ago, an 'came straight' ome with her.". From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
The bonnet – shape maker gave place to a greengrocer, and the histrionic barber was succeeded, in his turn, by a tailor. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches by Boz] Reference
A horse trough and a couple of flower-boxes graced it, and by day the greengrocer could let his boxes spread over the pavement. From Wordnik.com. [Presumption of Death]
The greengrocer and his wife then arranged upon the table a boiled leg of mutton, hot, with caper sauce, turnips, and potatoes. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club] Reference
The correct name for a junior apprentice greengrocer whose main duty is to arrange the fruit so that the bad side is underneath. From Wordnik.com. [The Meaning of Liff]
Prejudice then bubbles up all around the couple, from Emmi's co-workers, neighbors, and even a greengrocer who refuses to serve Ali. From Wordnik.com. [John Farr: R.W. Fassbinder, Twisted Genius] Reference
Seeing Flint in his doorway now, the greengrocer wiped his hands on his apron and waved the dwarf inside, a hearty grin on his face. From Wordnik.com. [Flint the King]
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. From Wordnik.com. [Six Years in the Prisons of England] Reference
Small, grubby, with badly bitten fingernails and unevenly cropped sandy hair, he more readily portrayed a sleepless, bankrupt greengrocer. From Wordnik.com. [Psychosphere]
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