Sekirov Dictionary

costermongery

noun 2
adjective 1
forms 2

noun2

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The business of a costermonger; the process of selling frutis and vegetables from a cart or barrow.
- The occupations of waterside work, costermongery, basketmaking, paper-bag making, of carman and puller-down, fish hawker, and such like, belong to the very humble walks of life. — 1905
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The fruits and vegetables sold by a costermonger.
- France, after all, takes the attention first, in spite of the splendid and praiseworthy costermongery of the Crystal Palace. — 1851

adjective1

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Like a costermonger: especially, rough, poor, or loud.
- Then there is a great deal in cravats, Ella—those miserable little black strings seeming costermongery, when compared with the expansive scarf. — 1878

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