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costermonger [ˈkɒstəˌmʌŋgə], coster n
Brit rare a person who sells fruit, vegetables, etc., from a barrow [coster-, from costard + monger] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Too far, in fancy, above the rest of mankind to trouble about their petty distinctions, he is equally at home with duke or costermonger. costermonger, as, lord 'Aberdasher, Lord Hartisan and so forth. I never came across but two of you who could value a man wholly and solely for what was in him--who thought themselves verily and indeed of the same flesh and blood as John Jones the attorney's clerk, and Bill Smith the costermonger, and could act as if they thought so. |
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