costermonger
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英 ['k?st?m??g?]
美['kɑst?m??ɡ?]
- n. （英）叫賣小販（等于coster）；水果
- vi. 沿街叫賣水果、蔬菜、魚(yú)類等
中文詞源
costermonger 水果蔬菜小販
coster, 來(lái)自costard, 大蘋(píng)果。-monger, 販子，詞源同warmonger.
英文詞源
- 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.