costermonger
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of costermonger
First recorded in 1505–15; earlier costerdmonger; see costard, monger
Example Sentences
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“You’re looking especially lovely today, sweetheart,” shouts James Corden’s importunate costermonger from his market stall during The Lady in the Van.
From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2015
"My granddad was a local costermonger," she says.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2012
For all the royalty and high fashion, the day, as always, belonged to the cockney, the costermonger and the gypsy, swarming over the infield.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The first to pass out was the costermonger.
From Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Souvestre, Pierre
Let me say a word about costermonger literature.
From The Night Side of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
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