Read full poem →Unstall'd, unsold; thus glorious mount in fire,
Fair without spot; than greased by grocer's hands,
Or shipp'd with Ward to ape-and-monkey lands,
Dictionary Entry
A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.
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Common Phrases
. grocergrocer wholesalegrocer progressivegrocer localgrocer cornergrocer retail
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Poetry examples for “grocer”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Anderson Homer H r 1130 7th Walnut-5973
* ANDERSON HUGH Grocer 2400 Univ. Drake-400
Anderson Ira W r E 33 & Cleveland... .Maple-1332
Read full poem →There were the sordid provincial shops--
The grocer's, and the shops for women,
The shop where I bought transfers,
Read full poem →There were the sordid provincial shops--
The grocer's, and the shops for women,
The shop where I bought transfers,
Read full poem →They through each key-hole pop and pop,
Like wasps into a grocer's shop,
With all the things that they can win
Read full poem →Eakens J C Lt 8 Officers Mess N A
Earle Michael grocer 48 2d
Eastman May B Miss r Bay Ridge Md
Read full poem →On one side overhead was the sign: “Fred James, Undertaker.” On the
other: “Fred James, Grocer.”