It precedes "humbug"
bah
We'll begin by washing the lettuce & drying it in this alliterative item
a salad spinner
Hail this name, full of grace; from the 1880s all the way through the 1950s, it was the No. 1 baby girl name
Mary
Johnson & Johnson has been "stuck on" this product for 85 years
Band-Aids
TV's Ms. Falco & music's Mr. Van Halen
Edie & Eddie
Exotic water pipe
Exotic water pipe
Lettuce begin with a wedge salad, traditionally made with a hunk of this crisp, cold lettuce
iceberg
About 4 1/4% of 1960s baby boys were named this, whether they rowed the boat ashore or not
Michael
In 1962 the Dayton Company hit the bull's-eye when it opened the first of these discount stores
Target
What you're doing to time when waiting patiently; what you're doing on an auction item when you're tired of waiting
biding & bidding
It's used to hail a fellow sailor
ahoy
We'll dress our lettuce with extra virgin olive oil & this vinegar from Modena, Italy
balsamic
Perhaps a "Giant" acting icon helped this be the most popular name for 1950s boys
James
The first brand of frozen orange juice concentrate undoubtedly took more than 60 seconds to develop
Minute Maid
More discourteous & a ship steering item
ruder & rudder
Genus of the family Asteraceae with many ornamental ray-shaped flowers
the dahlia
The owner of the Brown Derby in Hollywood got his name on this salad with lettuce, bacon, chicken, eggs & blue cheese
a Cobb salad
So far, the fave name for girls in the 2000s is this; we're sure an etiquette expert would approve
Emily
In 2004, after a century as a household name, its last model rolled off the assembly line in Lansing, Michigan
Oldsmobile
Slang for an in-line skater adds the letter D to become a fluid-storing organ
blader & bladder
In Judaism, a good deed
a mitzvah
Here's a bunch of this lettuce named for its soft texture
butter lettuce
This name of Shylock's daughter was the favorite name for 1980s & '90s girls
Jessica
Once known for its bib overalls, this 2-word Wisconsin firm is now a leader in casual clothes for kids
OshKosh B'Gosh
A word found before "pool" & a use for a big armful of cotton
wading & wadding