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costermonger

英 ['kɒstəmʌŋgə] 美 ['kɑstɚmʌŋɡɚ]

n. （英）叫卖小贩（等于coster）；水果
vi. 沿街叫卖水果、蔬菜、鱼类等

中文词源

costermonger 水果蔬菜小贩

coster, 来自costard, 大苹果。-monger, 贩子，词源同warmonger.

英文词源

costermonger (n.): 1510s, "itinerant apple-seller" from coster (see costard) + monger. Sense extended from "apple-seller" to any salesman who plied his wares from a street-cart. Contemptuous use is from Shakespeare ("2 Henry IV"), but reason is unclear.