Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
costermonger .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A costermonger.
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- noun Archaic form of
costermonger .
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As varieties of the Apple, mention is made in documents of the twelfth century, of the pearmain, and the costard, from the latter of which has come the word costardmonger, as at first a dealer in this fruit, and now applied to our costermonger.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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