: a dealer in staple foodstuffs, meats, produce, and dairy products and usually household supplies
Examples of grocer in a Sentence
Ask your local grocer if he sells organic fruits and vegetables.
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At the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, as in major grocers throughout the country, cashiers would ring up items by manually entering the price of each on a cash register before computing a final tally.
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Kovie Biakolo, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2024
Last year, the Texas grocer opened stores in Allen and McKinney.
—Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2024
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Kovie Biakolo, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2024
Last year, the Texas grocer opened stores in Allen and McKinney.
—Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for grocer
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“Grocer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocer. Accessed 21 May. 2024.
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grocer
noun
gro·cer
ˈgrō-sər 
: a dealer in food and household supplies
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