costermonger

[prettygoodword]

costermonger (KOS-ter-mong-ger, KAW-ster-mong-ger) - n., someone who sells fruit, vegetables, fish, or similar goods from a street-cart.



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Also a verb, to sell fruits, veg, etc. from a street-cart. Wikipedia has a surprisingly deep dive. Dates from 1518, when it was specifically a seller of apples, from costard, a type of apple + -monger, seller (also still seen in ironmonger).

---L.

Comments

[flwyd]

Fearmongers, Warmongers Gather For Annual Mongering Conference, via Language Log.

[prettygoodword]

Agh -- totally spaced on warmongers and their kin as examples.