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costard definition

cos·tard (käs′tərd)

noun

  1. a variety of large apple, native to England
  2. Archaic a person's head: humorous or contemptuous usage

Etymology: ME, ribbed apple < OFr coste, a rib + -ard, -ard

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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