greengrocer

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Where's the gripping examination of the price-list to determine what to buy from the greengrocer?

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A common green cicada, Cyclochila australasiae, of eastern Australia.

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noun

A common green cicada, Cyclochila australasiae, of eastern Australia.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for greengrocer.

noun

A common green cicada, Cyclochila australasiae, of eastern Australia.

Example sentences

Where's the gripping examination of the price-list to determine what to buy from the greengrocer?

Local seasonal veg from a good greengrocer or market is cheap and healthy.

And it'd be good if he got rid of the greengrocer's apostrophes[1].

Or your greengrocer suddenly doesn't have apples because his supplier now offers more than 5 different kinds so he will never buy there again.

If my local greengrocer is rude to me, I can choose to take my business elsewhere.

Of course, how you should learn maths differs a bit depending on whether your ultimate goal is to be a greengrocer or a computer scientist.

Both the greengrocer's apostrophe (pl: DVDs not DVD's) and the possessive form of the apostrophe are about the simplest notions one can learn in English.

How do I know that I'm sending the message I want to send to (the real) Jason Greengrocer not the FBI pretending to be Jason?

When you can go to your local greengrocer and buy an apple with bitcoin I'll cede to you that the world has indeed switched to bitcoin.

(By that I'd exclude unusual forms such as whether it's best to use 'greengrocer's apostrophe' or 'greengrocers' apostrophe' or that it doesn't matter.

And I think I fancy cheese for dinner, so after work I'll nip out to the deli for some stilton and the greengrocer for walnuts and figs to go with it.

Jones, 2 was the parish priest, 3 was the butcher, 5 was the greengrocer, 6 was the local contractor, 7 the constable, 8 mrs.

Quote examples

Apostrophes are commonly used for plurals in signs, in what has come to be called the "greengrocer's apostrophe".

I mean, if a supermarket sells strawberries for cheaper than your local greengrocer, is that "a non-negligible amount of money for a service with questionable value"?

Not only that it is around the security part where he is getting in contact with his mate "Jason Greengrocer" about getting more.

Every greengrocer "knows" the answer: hexagonal close packing.

Proper noun examples

If your promotional material is filled with Greengrocer's Apostrophes, that reflects badly on you, not your designer.

Only HN could get from API to the Greengrocer's Apostrophe.

The way we ensure your (or Jason Greengrocer's!) phone number isn't spoofed is we verify your phone number through the regular telephony network when you do have connectivity.