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cos⋅ter⋅mon⋅ger

[kos-ter-muhng-ger, -mong-, kaw-ster-] Chiefly British
–noun
1. Also called coster. a hawker of fruit, vegetables, fish, etc.
–verb (used without object)
2. to sell fruit, vegetables, fish, etc., from a cart, barrow, or stall in the streets; coster.

Origin:
1505–15; earlier costerdmonger. See costard, monger
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cos·ter·mon·ger   (kŏs'tər-mŭng'gər, -mŏng'-)   
n.   Chiefly British
One who sells fruit, vegetables, fish, or other goods from a cart, barrow, or stand in the streets.

[Obsolete costard-monger : costard + monger.]
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