请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 costermonger
释义

Definition of costermonger in English:

costermonger

noun ˈkɒstəmʌŋɡəˈkɑstərˌməŋɡər
British dated
  • A person who sells goods, especially fruit and vegetables, from a handcart in the street.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is an Act to prevent obstruction, and I think that its whole scheme shows that it is aimed at barrow-boys, costermongers, hawkers or others who expose goods in the street for sale and offer them for sale at that time.
    • The old fruit and veg market that once echoed with the calls of cockney costermongers is now home to gourmet burger bars and stalls selling Javanese pottery.
    • A Cockney costermonger is revealed as the new Earl of Hareford to the consternation of his aristocratic relations.
    • Indeed, I could have loaded them all onto a borrowed costermonger's barrow and shifted them myself if I'd needed to.
    • Market barrows, or costermongers, originated in the East End of London and remain a popular scene in places like Victoria Station, Covent Garden and Leather Lane in Holborn.

Origin

Early 16th century (denoting an apple seller): from Costard + -monger.

 
 

Definition of costermonger in US English:

costermonger

nounˈkästərˌməNGɡərˈkɑstərˌməŋɡər
British dated
  • A person who sells goods, especially fruit and vegetables, from a handcart in the street.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Indeed, I could have loaded them all onto a borrowed costermonger's barrow and shifted them myself if I'd needed to.
    • A Cockney costermonger is revealed as the new Earl of Hareford to the consternation of his aristocratic relations.
    • Market barrows, or costermongers, originated in the East End of London and remain a popular scene in places like Victoria Station, Covent Garden and Leather Lane in Holborn.
    • The old fruit and veg market that once echoed with the calls of cockney costermongers is now home to gourmet burger bars and stalls selling Javanese pottery.
    • It is an Act to prevent obstruction, and I think that its whole scheme shows that it is aimed at barrow-boys, costermongers, hawkers or others who expose goods in the street for sale and offer them for sale at that time.

Origin

Early 16th century (denoting an apple seller): from costard + -monger.

 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/7 3:29:42