To reform abuses such as this marketing in the Temple was no pleasant task.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
In the midst of the confusion Mrs. Martival's housekeeper returned from her marketing in the little town, and to his relief he found that she understood English.
"The New Tenant"
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Vans rumbled along, housewives crowded in front of the butchers' doing their marketing, young men hurried by with rolls of music and books under their arms, but were not in too great a hurry to turn round and look after her, causing her, as of old, mingled feelings of satisfaction and annoyance.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann