costermonger

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costermonger词义

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n. (英)叫卖小贩(等于coster);水果vi. 沿街叫卖水果、蔬菜、鱼类等

中文词源

costermonger 水果蔬菜小贩

coster, 来自costard, 大苹果。-monger, 贩子,词源同warmonger.


costermonger英文词源

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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.