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part artist, part funeral director, fluent in the language nobody admits they're crying in
means A person whose trade is selling and arranging cut flowers and plants, typically running a shop where bouquets, wreaths, and table arrangements are made to order.
from From Latin 'flos,' 'floris' — flower — the same root that gives us 'flora,' 'floral,' and the goddess Flora. The '-ist' ending marks the doer, as in 'artist' or 'botanist,' so a florist is literally 'one who deals in flowers.' The word arrived in English around the 17th century, when growing and selling cultivated blooms was becoming a recognised trade in its own right.
- valentine's surge
- sells a year's flowers in one frantic week
- 4am hustle
- buying at wholesale markets before sunrise
- victorian code
- flowers once spelled out secret messages and insults
- cold hands
- works fridges colder than a morgue daily
constance spry — pioneering british florist who revolutionized flower arranging in the 1930s-1950s
todo flowers tokyo — luxury florist in minato ward known for avant-garde arrangements and celebrity clientele