单词 | costermongery |
释义 | † costermongeryn. Obsolete. The realm or work of costermongers. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [noun] > foodstuffs victuallership1450 greengrocery1749 pork butchering1816 costermongering1822 costermongery1823 cheesemongering1826 costering1851 pork butchery1852 fishmongering1862 grocery1885 1823 Examiner 23 May 206/2 These students in the histrionic art are also students in various other arts; such as carpentry, coopery, costermongery, smithography, stay-stitchery, &c. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 July 3 The language of costermongery is more expressive..than..polished. 1888 Athenæum 11 Feb. 171/2 St. Thomas's was peculiar in another way. Costermongery was the ‘industry’ of the place. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † costermongeryadj. Obsolete. Characteristic or suggestive of a costermonger. ΚΠ 1829 Standard 12 Nov. The wheelbarrow, weights, and measures, together with some coals and fruit, and other costermongery articles, of..an itinerant retailer of coals &c. were found lying on the bank of the Clyde opposite Finnieston. 1832 Morning Post 1 Feb. The ‘sweet voices’ which with oniony taint assailed the air with shouts for ‘Grey and Reform’ are quietly occupied in their wonted constermongery cries. 1860 All Year Round 7 Jan. 257 The bulldog, that most costermongery and bloodthirsty of ‘our four-footed favourites’. 1907 E. G. Henham Feast of Bacchus ii. ii. 123 Drunkenness is so vulgar and costermongery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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