- A
costermonger, coster, or
costard is a
street seller of
fruit and
vegetables in
British towns. The term is
derived from the
words costard (a medieval...
- that can be
easily transported; the term is
roughly synonymous with
costermonger or peddler. In most
places where the term is used, a
hawker sells inexpensive...
-
towns and villages. In London, more
specific terms were used, such as
costermonger. From antiquity,
peddlers filled the gaps in the
formal market economy...
-
peculiar slang language" (****ney
rhyming slang) when
describing the
costermongers of the East End.
Since the
start of the 21st
century the
extreme form...
-
military tattoos and folk-dance forms; a music-hall pas de deux for the
costermonger Pearly King and Queen; hornpipes, sea songs, work
chants and jigs. "Rule...
- vegetables) from two-wheeled barrows.
London street traders were
called costermongers (from costard, the
mediaeval word for apple) and more
generally barrow...
-
Wilkinson were
impressed enough to form an
independent record label called Costermonger with the sole
purpose of
promoting Gene to a
wider audience.
Their double...
-
refers to "their use of a
peculiar slang language" when
describing the
costermongers of London's East End. A
dialectological study of
Leytonstone in 1964...
- an
early version,[citation needed]
dating from the 1820s, a ****ney
costermonger vowed to be true to his fiancée, who had been
sentenced to
seven years'...
-
African tribal chief was
unquestionably superior to a
white English costermonger. Use of the word "racism"
became more
widespread after 1936, although...
