costermonger

Example Sentences

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“If someone’s fruit went off, or the donkey was ill, or something like that,” said Mr. Bennett, describing how the costermongers would have a singalong and pass around a bucket for donations.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2023

I don’t know who their researcher was, but the cockney rhyming slang was invented in 1814, by costermongers, that being market traders.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2018

Mayhew has a special affinity for “street folk”, in particular London’s costermongers:

From The Guardian • May 8, 2017

Amongst costermongers this term is invariably applied to ladies, or the wives of tradesmen and females, generally of the classes immediately above them.”

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2013

That answer was given in the unexpected form of a question addressed to a group of costermongers who were standing at the other side of the bar.

From The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. by Weylland, John Matthias