costermonger

(käs′tər muŋ′gər, kôs′-)

noun

Brit. a person who sells fruit or vegetables from a cart or street stand

Origin: Early ModE costardmonger, apple dealer: see costard & monger

See costermonger in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Chiefly British

One who sells fruit, vegetables, fish, or other goods from a cart, barrow, or stand in the streets.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete costard-monger

Origin: : costard

Origin: + monger

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