GROCER, GROCERIES, GROCERY STORE
NOUNS
► BADGE a small shop where groceries and provisions are sold, generally on credit → 1885 Eng. dial.
► GROCERTERIA ► GROCETERIA a grocery store in which customers serve themselves and pay the cashier as they leave → 1913 N. Amer.
► HANDBAG a paper bag for bringing groceries home from the store → 1966 Amer. dial.
► PACKAGE a paper bag for groceries → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PAD OF DRY SCARFS a grocery store → 1940s African-American sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ALLSPICE a grocer → M19 sl.
► AROMATOPOLA a seller of spices, a grocer, a druggist → 1708 (Bk.)
► BADGER 1. one who keeps a small shop where groceries and provisions are sold → 1856 Eng. dial.
2. a wholesale grocer; one who buys and sells in batches → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CABBAGE-GELDER a greengrocer or market-gardener → 1866 sl.
► FIGGINS a grocer → c1870 colloq.
► FIGS a grocer → c1870 colloq.
► GREENGROCERESS a female greengrocer → 1884
► KAIL-SELLER ► KALE-SELLER a greengrocer; one who sells vegetables → 1792 Sc.
► KAIL-WIFE ► KALE-WIFE a woman who sells vegetables and herbs; a female greengrocer → 1563 Sc.
► LACHANOPOLIST a greengrocer; a seller of herbs → 1656 obs.
► LACHANOPOLL a greengrocer → 1623 obs.
► SAUCE MARKETER a market gardener or greengrocer → 1860 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SAUCE-MAN one who deals in vegetables; a greengrocer, or other dealer in market produce → 1837 US
► SPLIT FIG a grocer → L17 sl.
► TREACLE-TRAMPER a contemptuous name for a grocer → 1930 Sc.
► VEGETABLE JOHN a Chinese greengrocer → 1902 Aust. sl.