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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
costermonger
 
SYLLABICATION:cos·ter·mon·ger
PRONUNCIATION:  kstr-mnggr, -mng-
NOUN: Chiefly British One who sells fruit, vegetables, fish, or other goods from a cart, barrow, or stand in the streets.
ETYMOLOGY:Obsolete costard-monger : costard + monger.
 
 
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