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groceteria N. Amer.|grəʊsəˈtɪərɪə|
Also grocerteria.
[f. grocery, after cafeteria.]
A grocery store in which customers serve themselves and pay the cashier as they leave.
1913Official Gazette (U.S. Pat. Off.) 25 Mar. 1036/1 Lutey Bros., Butte, Montana. Filed Mar. 14, 1912. Groceteria. 1916Illustr. World (Chicago) Jan. 655/1 In Pomona, California, a small grocery store has suddenly sprung into prominence..by adopting the ‘wait-on-yourself’ plan of cafeteria. A ‘Groceteria’ if you please. 1920[see bootery]. 1921Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 24 Mar. 20/4 (Advt.), Groceteria Daily Bulletin. All Day Specials. 1921Dialect Notes V. 112 Grocerteria, n. (gro-ser-ter'-ja; gro-ser-te-rî'-a; gro-se-tér-ja). Pronunciation varies. First pronunciation dominant in California; but second commoner here and there in West. 1925Canad. Labor Advocate 18 Sept. 8/1 Kirkham's Grocerteria Ltd. the working man's store. 1935Words Jan. 11/2 Some years ago in Oregon a self-service grocery opened under the sign ‘Groceteria’, evidently under the impression that the suffix ‘—teria’ means ‘serve yourself’. 1962Guardian 30 Aug. 6/6 An American ‘grocertaria’ [sic], a sort of super super-market. |
