Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boy who sells costards, fruit, vegetables, etc., in the streets.
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Examples
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There was a young coster-boy who came up our street with greens and potatoes; he had an old pony, not very handsome, but the cheerfullest and pluckiest little thing I ever saw, and to see how fond those two were of each other was a treat.
Black Beauty Anna Sewell 1849
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