costermonger
英['kɒstəmʌŋgə]
美['kɑstɚmʌŋɡɚ]
- 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.
英文词源
- 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.