In the sailing-ship days each of the greengrocers-as they were called, though they sold all kinds of stores besides-had their connection.
"Looking Seaward Again"
Walter Runciman
Several facetious poets have commemorated the fury with which these black rivulets roared down Snow Hill and Ludgate Hill, bearing to Fleet Ditch a vast tribute of animal and vegetable filth from the stalls of butchers and greengrocers.
"The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)"
Thomas Babington Macaulay
There are a great many cellar shops all over Germany, and these are mostly restaurants, laundries, and greengrocers.
"Home Life in Germany"
Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick