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market garden ExamplesWord Origin noun
- Chiefly British. truck farm.
- (initial capital letters) Military. the Allied code name for the unsuccessful invasion of Holland by British and American airborne and infantry forces on September 17, 1944.
Origin of market garden First recorded in 1805–15 Related formsmarket gardener, nounmarket gardening, noun Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for market garden Historical Examples of market garden
He also kept bees and coneys and ran a market-garden of two acres.
Eden Phillpotts
Such a farm must be hand-tilled, and, if skilfully hand-tilled, would certainly produce as much food as a market-garden.
George Vivian Poore
In the market-garden business jobs were endless, especially in spring.
Basil King
When nothing else was to be done, I have worked in many a market-garden afore now, and in many a hop-garden too.’
Charles Dickens
Compared with Sorrento itself, the plain is but a great orchard or market-garden.
T. G. (Thomas Gray) Bonney, E. A. R. Ball, H. D. Traill, Grant Allen, and Arthur Griffiths
British Dictionary definitions for market garden market garden noun
- mainly British an establishment where fruit and vegetables are grown for sale
Derived Formsmarket gardener, noun Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
