June 12, 2006

costermonger

DEFINITION: (noun) One who sells fruit, vegetables, fish, or other goods from a cart, barrow, or stand in the streets. SYNONYMS: barrow-boy, barrow-man. USAGE: Too far, in fancy, above the rest of mankind to trouble about their petty distinctions, he is equally at home with duke or costermonger.
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