English Explanatory Dictionary

costermonger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A vendor who sells fruit and vegetables from a cart or barrow in the street.
  2. An applemonger, usually itinerant and selling from a cart.

Word forms

costermonger costermongers costardmonger coster-monger

Etymology

From costard (“cooking apple”) + monger.

Synonyms

fruitmonger fruitseller fruiterer coster

Related words

handcart pushcart

Derived words

coster costermongeress costermongering costermongerish costermongerly costermongery
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