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.