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; costard, monger

Example Sentences

“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

Why, a costermonger with his donkey might as well talk of his 'steed.'

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Downey, Edmund

Philosophically, Jérôme Fandor was preparing to go to sleep on the plank bed which decorated one end of the cell, when the little costermonger, roused from his torpid condition, began to moan and groan.

From Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Souvestre, Pierre