greengrocing
English edit
Etymology edit
From greengrocer, as though it were constructed from a verb and -er. See -ing.
Noun edit
greengrocing (uncountable)
- (humorous, nonce word) Greengrocery, the trade of selling fruit and vegetables.
- 1907, Robert Elliott, Act of God:
- I'm goin' into the greengrocing tryde meself...
- 1931, Lionel Britton, Hunger and love:
- And to think how you had stuck that greengrocing job, when there were jobs like this to be had for the asking!
- 1999, Helen Paiba, Kate Sheppard, Funny Stories for Six Year Olds:
- "I expect they get the union rates for bright greengrocing lads."
- 2006, Michael Lingaard, The other side of magik: the first tale of the mirror worlds:
- Garreth nodded, but he could feel panic rising; greengrocing? Selling vegetables? 'Could I be excused from the table?' Garreth inquired […]