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costermongery

noun

Etymology

From costermonger + -y.

  1. derived from *(s)meh₂-✻ — “to beckon, signal”
  2. derived from *manicō✻
  3. derived from ن ج ل
  4. derived from μαγγανεύω — “to use charms or philtres; to cheat, play tricks; to dress food artificially to make it appear better”
  5. derived from *-ārī✻
  6. derived from mangō — “dealer, trader”
  7. inherited from *mangārī✻ — “dealer, merchant, monger”
  8. inherited from mangere — “dealer, merchant, trader”
  9. inherited from mongere
  10. compounded as costermonger — “costard + monger”
  11. suffixed as costermongery — “costermonger + y”

Definitions

  1. The fruits and vegetables sold by a costermonger.

    • France, after all, takes the attention first, in spite of the splendid and praiseworthy costermongery of the Crystal Palace.
    • I DEALS in costermongery, But in my callin' makes no noise; For 't ain't amongst the hungry As I cries taturs and savoys.

  2. The business of a costermonger

    The business of a costermonger; the process of selling frutis and vegetables from a cart or barrow.

    • So he now rode like all possessed through the wares of fish and costermongery in the Naples market, making everything fly about as in a whirlwind; cackling and curses followed his course, angry fists were clenched at him.
    • The occupations of waterside work, costermongery, basketmaking, paper-bag making, of carman and puller-down, fish hawker, and such like, belong to the very humble walks of life.

  3. Like a costermonger

    Like a costermonger: especially, rough, poor, or loud.

    • Then there is a great deal in cravats, Ella—those miserable little black strings seeming costermongery, when compared with the expansive scarf.
    • The nurse even grilled one plump and very “costermongery” woman on the mechanics of pawning, revealing an ignorance her interlocutor found most hilarious.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA