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Posted: 02 February 2009 06:31 PM   [ Ignore ]
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Posted: 03 February 2009 04:38 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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Now this thread has been started, we might as well develop it.  Can anyone think of something interesting to say about groceries?  Apparently the word is etymologically related to ‘gross’.

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Posted: 03 February 2009 10:16 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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epicerie in French.
Gresham’s Law: “you get rid of the bad penny as soon as possible, and the grocery store gives it back to you tomorrow for the same reason.”

1325-1375; ME <OF gross(i)er  wholesale merchant.  http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/grocer

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