costermongern.

Brit.

/ˈkɒstəˌmʌŋɡə/, U.S.

/ˈkɑstərˌmɑŋɡər/,

/ˈkɑstərˌməŋɡər/

Forms:

α. 1500s costardemongar, 1500s costardemonger, 1500s costardmongar, 1500s costerdemonger, 1500s costerdmonger, 1500s–1600s costerdmunger, 1500s–1700s (1800s archaic) costardmonger, 1500s–1800s custardmonger, 1600s costardmunger.

β. 1500s–1600s costermunger, 1500s– costermonger, 1600s cashtermonger, 1600s costar'monger, 1600s costermonger, 1600s costormonger.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: costard n.¹, monger n.¹

Etymology: < costard n.¹ + monger n.¹The β. forms show elision of the final d in the first element.

Now chiefly historical.

1. Originally: an apple seller, esp. one who sells his or her fruit in the open street. In later use (esp. in London): a person who sells fruit, vegetables, fish, etc., in the street from a barrow or handcart. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > street vendor

costermonger?1518

street vendor1840

street trader1845

coster1851

handseller1851

patterer1851

umbrella man1851

gutter-man1892

dragger1896

gutter-merchant1896

pitcher1896

pitchman1914

pitchwoman1927

barrow boy1939

fly-pitcher1965

mama put1979

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of fruit

fruiterer1408

apple seller1440

fruitera1483

costard-jagger?1518

costermonger?1518

apple-monger1540

pippin-monger1607

oporopolist1671

fructster1688

orange merchant1693

coster1851

pearly king1902

pearly1917

?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. A^v Than [was he] a costermonger.

?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. C.i I was aquaynted with many an hucster With a costardemonger and with an hostler.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 209/1 Costardmongar, fruyctier.

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1056/2 To go before, and put out the costerdmongers candells, who vse to sit wyth light in the streates.

1608 D. Carleton Let. 13 Jan. in Times 30 Nov. (1883) 3/6 Costerdmungers that sell fruite uppon the passages.

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman iii. 23 Which he culs out to admiration..as a Costardmonger his fairest Pippins.

1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius 20 May (single sheet) (verso)/1 Concerning the several Virtues of these Academical Apples,..I profess my self a Philosophical Costermonger.

1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 350 These stairs are much frequented by costermongers, who have large warehouses near them for their fruit and cyder.

1812 M. R. Mitford Let. 18 Oct. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. vi. 209 From all the selected fruits of all the poetical costermongers.., could ye choose nothing more promising than this green sour apple?

1845 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 13 Sept. 167/2 A slow market cart or a country wagon is the only vehicle to be seen, except the costermonger's barrow.

1910 A. R. H. Moncrieff London 247 Everybody has heard of the London costermongers, who make what may be called the regular army of these street vendors.

1972 Independent Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 12 Mar. a3/6 But for every costermonger that soaked an orange in hot water to make it swell, there are hundreds who gave an honest deal on any product they sold.

2009 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 10 Dec. c2 On Holborn, costermongers, red-faced with the effort, laboured to push their barrows heaped with fish and vegetables.

†2. attributive and in the genitive. Used as a term of contempt or abuse. Obsolete.Perhaps chiefly after Shakespeare's use in quot. 1600.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [adjective] > seller of provisions

costermonger1600

chandlerly1641

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 170 Vertue is of so little regard in these costar-mongers times, that [etc.] [1623 Costor-mongers, that] .

1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 100 Basta! no more you wrangling Turds, Give o're these Coster-mongers words.

1781 W. Cowper Let. 15 Feb. (1979) I. 443 In these costermonger days, as I have a Notion Falstaff calls them.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. v. ii. 13 Thou art some scurvy costard-monger knave.

1876 S. Smith Falkland v. i. 72 The petticoats, you costermonger knaves!

1913 Bk. Monthly Dec. 174/1 Beautiful illusions are more necessary to this costermonger world than shining candles on a moonlit night.

Derivatives

† ˈcosterˌmongerdom n. Obsolete the realm or community of costermongers. Cf. costerdom n.

ΚΠ

1866 Illustr. London News 17 Feb. 167/3 The True History of Little Ragamuffin, an autobiographical tale..of alley life and costermongerdom, by James Greenwood.

1896 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 18 Apr. 9/7 On Monday—Easter Monday—all costermongerdom will flock to Hampstead Heath.

† ˈcostermongered adj. Obsolete occupied by costermongers.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1891 Daily Tel. 18 May 5/6 Liverpool Street is alleged to be the most costermongered street in the world for its size.

ˈcosterˌmongering n. the work or occupation of a costermonger. Cf. costering n.²Recorded earliest in attributive use.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [noun] > foodstuffs

victuallership1450

greengrocery1749

pork butchering1816

costermongering1822

costermongery1823

cheesemongering1826

costering1851

pork butchery1852

fishmongering1862

grocery1885

1822 St. James's Chron. 9 May Her friends, who were in the costermongering line, thought the match too low for her.

1830 Weekly Times 18 Apr. They were pigeon-fanciers, rook-shooters, dog-fighters.., occasionally turned an honest penny at costermongering, and indeed, were tip-top fellows for Tothill-fields.

1931 R. V. Lindabury Study Patriotism Elizabethan Drama vi. 98 That costermongering was considered a typical Irish vocation is indicated by the costermonger's disguise assumed by Andelocia and Shadow.

1988 D. Hobbs Doing Business ii. 40 The hereditary nature of costermongering is referred to by Stedman-Jones.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	costermonger
释义	costermongern. Brit. /ˈkɒstəˌmʌŋɡə/, U.S. /ˈkɑstərˌmɑŋɡər/, /ˈkɑstərˌməŋɡər/ Forms: α. 1500s costardemongar, 1500s costardemonger, 1500s costardmongar, 1500s costerdemonger, 1500s costerdmonger, 1500s–1600s costerdmunger, 1500s–1700s (1800s archaic) costardmonger, 1500s–1800s custardmonger, 1600s costardmunger. β. 1500s–1600s costermunger, 1500s– costermonger, 1600s cashtermonger, 1600s costar'monger, 1600s costermonger, 1600s costormonger. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: costard n.¹, monger n.¹ Etymology: < costard n.¹ + monger n.¹The β. forms show elision of the final d in the first element. Now chiefly historical. 1. Originally: an apple seller, esp. one who sells his or her fruit in the open street. In later use (esp. in London): a person who sells fruit, vegetables, fish, etc., in the street from a barrow or handcart. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > street vendor costermonger?1518 street vendor1840 street trader1845 coster1851 handseller1851 patterer1851 umbrella man1851 gutter-man1892 dragger1896 gutter-merchant1896 pitcher1896 pitchman1914 pitchwoman1927 barrow boy1939 fly-pitcher1965 mama put1979 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of fruit fruiterer1408 apple seller1440 fruitera1483 costard-jagger?1518 costermonger?1518 apple-monger1540 pippin-monger1607 oporopolist1671 fructster1688 orange merchant1693 coster1851 pearly king1902 pearly1917 ?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. A^v Than [was he] a costermonger. ?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. C.i I was aquaynted with many an hucster With a costardemonger and with an hostler. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 209/1 Costardmongar, fruyctier. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1056/2 To go before, and put out the costerdmongers candells, who vse to sit wyth light in the streates. 1608 D. Carleton Let. 13 Jan. in Times 30 Nov. (1883) 3/6 Costerdmungers that sell fruite uppon the passages. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman iii. 23 Which he culs out to admiration..as a Costardmonger his fairest Pippins. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius 20 May (single sheet) (verso)/1 Concerning the several Virtues of these Academical Apples,..I profess my self a Philosophical Costermonger. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 350 These stairs are much frequented by costermongers, who have large warehouses near them for their fruit and cyder. 1812 M. R. Mitford Let. 18 Oct. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. vi. 209 From all the selected fruits of all the poetical costermongers.., could ye choose nothing more promising than this green sour apple? 1845 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 13 Sept. 167/2 A slow market cart or a country wagon is the only vehicle to be seen, except the costermonger's barrow. 1910 A. R. H. Moncrieff London 247 Everybody has heard of the London costermongers, who make what may be called the regular army of these street vendors. 1972 Independent Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 12 Mar. a3/6 But for every costermonger that soaked an orange in hot water to make it swell, there are hundreds who gave an honest deal on any product they sold. 2009 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 10 Dec. c2 On Holborn, costermongers, red-faced with the effort, laboured to push their barrows heaped with fish and vegetables. †2. attributive and in the genitive. Used as a term of contempt or abuse. Obsolete.Perhaps chiefly after Shakespeare's use in quot. 1600. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [adjective] > seller of provisions costermonger1600 chandlerly1641 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 170 Vertue is of so little regard in these costar-mongers times, that [etc.] [1623 Costor-mongers, that] . View more context for this quotation 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 100 Basta! no more you wrangling Turds, Give o're these Coster-mongers words. 1781 W. Cowper Let. 15 Feb. (1979) I. 443 In these costermonger days, as I have a Notion Falstaff calls them. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. v. ii. 13 Thou art some scurvy costard-monger knave. 1876 S. Smith Falkland v. i. 72 The petticoats, you costermonger knaves! 1913 Bk. Monthly Dec. 174/1 Beautiful illusions are more necessary to this costermonger world than shining candles on a moonlit night. Derivatives † ˈcosterˌmongerdom n. Obsolete the realm or community of costermongers. Cf. costerdom n. ΚΠ 1866 Illustr. London News 17 Feb. 167/3 The True History of Little Ragamuffin, an autobiographical tale..of alley life and costermongerdom, by James Greenwood. 1896 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 18 Apr. 9/7 On Monday—Easter Monday—all costermongerdom will flock to Hampstead Heath. † ˈcostermongered adj. Obsolete occupied by costermongers.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1891 Daily Tel. 18 May 5/6 Liverpool Street is alleged to be the most costermongered street in the world for its size. ˈcosterˌmongering n. the work or occupation of a costermonger. Cf. costering n.²Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [noun] > foodstuffs victuallership1450 greengrocery1749 pork butchering1816 costermongering1822 costermongery1823 cheesemongering1826 costering1851 pork butchery1852 fishmongering1862 grocery1885 1822 St. James's Chron. 9 May Her friends, who were in the costermongering line, thought the match too low for her. 1830 Weekly Times 18 Apr. They were pigeon-fanciers, rook-shooters, dog-fighters.., occasionally turned an honest penny at costermongering, and indeed, were tip-top fellows for Tothill-fields. 1931 R. V. Lindabury Study Patriotism Elizabethan Drama vi. 98 That costermongering was considered a typical Irish vocation is indicated by the costermonger's disguise assumed by Andelocia and Shadow. 1988 D. Hobbs Doing Business ii. 40 The hereditary nature of costermongering is referred to by Stedman-Jones. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1518
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