groceryman
Americannoun
plural
grocerymenEtymology
Origin of groceryman
Example Sentences
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Grocer McDonald, son of a Knoxville groceryman, built up a chain of 60 stores in Chattanooga.
From Time Magazine Archive
The housewife tends to castigate the retail groceryman.
From Time Magazine Archive
The groceryman and his four friends knew that they had made no mistake.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I just bootleg the Gospel," a well-tailored young groceryman told an audience of 1,500 Baptist men in Fort Worth one night last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
He seemed husky enough to be a corner groceryman, who benefits incidentally through the fresh air advantages bestowed on his vegetables to keep them marketable.
From Cupid's Middleman by Lent, Edward B.
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