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costermonger

The English word “costermonger” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A vendor who sells fruit and vegetables from a cart or barrow in the street.
  2. An applemonger, usually itinerant and selling from a cart.

Etymology

From costard (“cooking apple”) + monger.

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