COSTERMONGER


Meaning of COSTERMONGER in English

/kos"teuhr mung'geuhr, -mong'-, kaw"steuhr-/ , Chiefly Brit.

n.

1. Also called coster . a hawker of fruit, vegetables, fish, etc.

v.i.

2. to sell fruit, vegetables, fish, etc., from a cart, barrow, or stall in the streets; coster.

[ 1505-15; earlier costerdmonger. See COSTARD, MONGER ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .