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.

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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

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Etymology

Origin of costermonger

First recorded in 1505–15; earlier costerdmonger; see costard, monger

Example Sentences

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costermonger

“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

But to the readers of newspapers the poisoning of a costermonger at Shadwell is of little interest as compared with a similar catastrophe in that quarter of London vaguely known as “the West End.”

From The Seven Secrets by Le Queux, William

I never knew or heard a costermonger in the Dials with such a repertory.

From The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)