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costermonger

American  
[kos-ter-mong-ger, -muhng-, kaw-ster-] / ˈkɒs tərˌmɒŋ gər, -ˌmʌŋ-, ˈkɔ stər- /

noun

  1. Also called coster.  a hawker of fruit, vegetables, fish, etc.


verb (used without object)

  1. to sell fruit, vegetables, fish, etc., from a cart, barrow, or stall in the streets.

costermonger British  
/ ˈkɒstəˌmʌŋɡə /

noun

  1. rare a person who sells fruit, vegetables, etc, from a barrow

"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

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

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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