costermonger

== English == === Alternative forms === costardmonger, coster-monger === Etymology === From costard (“cooking apple”) +‎ monger. === Noun === costermonger (plural costermongers) (UK, Ireland) A vendor who sells fruit and vegetables from a cart or barrow in the street. Synonyms: fruitmonger, fruitseller, fruiterer; coster (clipping) Hypernyms: huckster, hawker, peddler, pedlar < vendor, seller < person Hyponyms: applemonger (originally synonymous), costermongeress (construable as coordinate) 1889, Oscar Wilde, “The Portrait of Mr. W. H.” Chapter 1, in Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories,[1] He was an extraordinary old aristocrat, who swore like a costermonger, and had the manners of a farmer. (UK, Ireland, originally) An applemonger, usually itinerant and selling from a cart. ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === Appendix:Costermongers' back slang handcart, pushcart === Further reading === costermonger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia