fruiterer

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But the fruiterer was a widow, far from happy, and I saw that my payments were of help to her; and then, to be frank, I fell at once in love with her daughter.

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  1. One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits. The very same day did I fight with one Sampson Stockfish, a. fruiterer, behind Gray's Inn. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iii. 2.
  2. Same as fruiter.

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  1. from fruit + -er, -er, the term, reduplicated as in poulterer, etc. Cf. French fruitier, a fruit-producer, = Provencal fruchier, fruitier = Spanish frutero = Portuguese fruteiro, fruiterer.
 

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