costermonger

British

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Recent Examples of costermonger Croft was said to have taken his fashion inspiration from costermongers, who were roving traders selling fruit, vegetables, fish and produce on the streets of east London, a working-class area that developed its own distinct accent and vocabulary riddled with rhyming slang, known as Cockney. Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for costermonger
Noun
  • Retail traders have quietly been emerging as the market's new smart money.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Gunvor rose to prominence in the 2000s as the world’s biggest trader in Russian oil.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When whispers spread that their smugglers may, in fact, be traffickers, Arron’s optimism starts to unravel.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
  • What Happens Next The border crossings were scheduled to reopen at midday Saturday, according to Ruginiene, who said the country’s National Security Commission would meet next week to discuss how to tackle the smugglers.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Tunnels story is that Chinese immigrants built a network of tunnels under the city because they were forced to live underground; the tunnels were then used by gangsters and bootleggers, including Al Capone.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Prohibition also took hold in Indiana during the decade, though bootleggers did pop up across the state.
    Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Yellow can be found on the pushers, the crown, the midcase, the outline around the dial, and one of the chronograph hands, while purple appears on the other chronograph hand, around the dial, and on the tachymeter scale.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The promise is the kind of quality button-pusher Hollywood used to make 50 years ago.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • America’s merchant fleet — its civilian ships for carrying cargo and passengers — became the world’s largest, sustaining Allied logistics.
    Big Think, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In a blog, Google said the partnership benefits both merchants and consumers.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Prine’s legacy at Stella’s is remembered with a colorful mural painted on a large fence at the back of the restaurant’s courtyard.
    Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
  • One of the coaches was driving when the van left the road, broke through a fence and landed into a canal, Serbian outlets Večernje novosti and Danas reported.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If the sale is canceled, the seller may be able to keep the earnest money deposit, depending on state law.
    Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Dreamland's Secret Recipe Now offered in all 11 locations, banana pudding is a top-three seller for the business.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To review or object to instances where our partners assert a legitimate interest in utilizing your data, please visit our vendors page.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2025
  • In a stunning shakeup, Saks Global has reorganized its top management to cut costs and improve relations with brands and vendors, positioning its chief executive officer, Marc Metrick, to be more directly involved with brand partners.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Costermonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costermonger. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.

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