costermonger
pronunciation
How to pronounce costermonger in British English:
UK [ˈkɒstəmʌŋgə(r)]
How to pronounce costermonger in American English:
US [ˈkɑstərmʌŋgə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow
Word Origin
- costermonger (n.)
- 1510s, "itinerant apple-seller" from coster (see costard) + monger. Sense extended from "apple-seller" to any salesman who plied his wares from a street-cart. Contemptuous use is from Shakespeare ("2 Henry IV"), but reason is unclear.
Example
- 1. The costermonger are barrowing apples and vegetables .
- 2. Would you have me drive around london looking like a costermonger ?
- 3. Costermonger : one who sells fruit , vegetables , fish , or other goods from a cart , barrow , or stand in the streets .
- 4. " Costermonger : one who sells fruit , vegetables , fish , or other goods from a cart , barrow , or stand in the streets . "