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noun - a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow
One who sells fruit, vegetables, fish, or other goods from a cart, barrow, or stand in the streets.
COSTERMONGER - Costermonger, coster, or costard is a street seller of fruit and vegetables, in London and other British towns. The term is derived from the words co...
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| Chiefly British One who sells fruit, vegetables, fish, or other goods from a cart, barrow, or stand in the streets. |
| a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow |
| A person who sells goods, especially fruit and vegetables, from a handcart in the street. |
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| Costermonger, coster, or costard is a street seller of fruit and vegetables, in London and other British towns. The term is derived from the words costard (a now extinct medieval variety of large, ribbed apple) and monger (seller), and later came to be used to describe hawkers in general. Some historians have pointed out that a hierarchy existed within the costermonger class and that while costermongers sold from a handcart or animal-drawn cart, mere hawkers carried their wares in a basket.Costermongers met a need for rapid food distribution from the wholesale markets (e.g., in London; Smithfield for meat, Spitalfields for fruit and vegetables or Billingsgate for fish) by providing retail sales at locations that were convenient for the labouring classes. Costermongers used a variety of devices to transport and display produce: a cart might be stationary at a market stall, a mobile (horse-drawn or wheelbarrow) apparatus or a hand-held basket might be used for light-weight goods such as |