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Definition of Grocers
1. grocer [n] - See also: grocer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grocers
Literary usage of Grocers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of by John Timbs (1868)
"The old Hall, which had " a Gothic front and bow-windows," was renovated, in
1681, by Sir John Moore, who kept his mayoralty at grocers' Hall, ..."
2. Surveys, Historic and Economic by William James Ashley (1900)
"All these wholesale grocers, with, as far as I can learn, ... They pledge
themselves, in selling to retail grocers those grades of sugar which form the ..."
3. Industrial Combinations and Trusts by William Harrison Spring Stevens (1913)
"That the said defendants, The Southern Wholesale grocers' Association and all
the members of said association, The Southern Wholesale grocers' Association, ..."
4. The Trust Movement in British Industry: A Study of Business Organisation by Henry William Macrosty (1907)
"The competition of the grocers is the standing theme of discussion at bakers'
meetings, and persuasion and force are alternately used for its removal. ..."
5. The Foundation of Death: A Study of the Drink-question by Axel Gustafson (1885)
"I should strongly urge upon all the members of the Women's Union never to deal
with grocers who trade in spirituous liquors, and to advise their friends not ..."
6. Commercial Directory: Containing, a Topographical Description, Extent and (1823)
"Anderson & Son, SV wholesale grocers, 25 North Water street. ... Hood, Irvine & Co.
wholesale grocers corner of Arch and Second streets. ..."
7. London, Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions by Henry Benjamin Wheatley, Peter Cunningham (1891)
"grocers' Alley, now grocers' HALL COURT, in the POULTRY, ... grocers' Hall is at
the end of the court, which has no thoroughfare. ..."
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