costermonger in English

noun
1
a person who sells goods, especially fruit and vegetables, from a handcart in the street.
It is an Act to prevent obstruction, and I think that its whole scheme shows that it is aimed at barrow-boys, costermongers , hawkers or others who expose goods in the street for sale and offer them for sale at that time.

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1. There are 2 twelve-letter words beginning with COST: COSTERMONGER & Costlinesses

2. ‘The cooking equivalent was the Costard, which gave rise to the term costermonger, first applied to apple salesmen.’

3. Costermonger, a street seller of fruits and vegetables Greengrocer, a shop-based seller of fruits and vegetables Hawker (trade), a street vendor Peddler, a travelling seller of goods "You Don't Say: Baltimore words summed up - English grammar, language, usage and journalism blog by John E. McIntyre - baltimoresun.com".

4. Extended account of Bartholomew Fair in 1825—Hone visited all the booths and describes the Fair in great detail; Notice of Sadler's Wells performance; Description of Bartholomew Fair in 1614, with extended excerpts and descriptions of Ben Jonson's play; Some Bartholomew Fair terminology (Arsedine, Costermonger, Huxter, Court of Pie Powder