collards

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Many varieties were common, such as russets, costards, pippins, mains, marigolds, kings, and batchelors.

From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse

It meant originally a dealer in costards, i.e. apples.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

Leave him still, ye fools," whispered Long Allen to his mates; "by Saint Christopher, you will make our Dickon go beside himself, and we shall have his dagger presently fly at our costards.

From The Talisman by Scott, Walter, Sir

Nor is the name Coster to be referred to costermonger, originally a dealer in costards, i.e. apples.

From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest

Go with me to my chamber at yon lane-end, And I woll a dish of costards unto her send.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Hazlitt, William Carew