subs. (common).—1. Small change.
1728. BAILEY, English Dictionary, s.v.
2. (American).—A drinking bar. Also CONFECTIONERY and GROGGERY.
1847. W. T. PORTER, ed., A Quarter Race in Kentucky, etc., 104. He went into his favourite GROCERY.
3. (common).—Sugar. [A restricted use of a colloquialism.]
1841. BULWER-LYTTON, Night and Morning, Bk. V., ch. ii. A private room and a pint of brandy, my dear. Hot water and lots of the GROCERY.
