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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.
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Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for costermonger
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Sourced from a military memorabilia trader in Dallas, Texas, the helmet was flattened in a press, rather than with a hammer, to preserve its original markings and imperfections.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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In fact, sell-offs into oversold conditions on the two-hour chart have consistently marked buying opportunities — with traders stepping in on each of the past five occurrences.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Zagani was head of Vlora’s anti-narcotics unit in the late 1990s and had worked with Italian law enforcement in its probe into the smugglers.—
Lindita Cela,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Officials also alleged Galeano had sought to smuggle her teenage children into the country, paying smugglers to do so.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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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
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Prohibition also took hold in Indiana during the decade, though bootleggers did pop up across the state.—
Joe Mutascio,
IndyStar,
17 Oct. 2025
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It’s powered by a single H500A electric motor pushing a five-bladed pusher propeller.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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The promise is the kind of quality button-pusher Hollywood used to make 50 years ago.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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If merchants choose only to accept a certain class of Visa card such as the standard, non-premium that have lower fees, customers with a rewards Visa card would be turned away.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Visa and Mastercard reached a potential deal with retailers to lower fees for merchants, which could also lower prices.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Running Fence was envisioned as a fabric-laden fence that would traverse Sonoma and Marin counties in Northern California to the sea, crossing roads, highways, and private property.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Look for the nearest tree, fence, building, car, or other obstruction to duck behind.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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The MossFon Project highlights how, as the global push for corporate transparency continues, buyers and sellers of financial secrecy look for alternate jurisdictions to carry on their activities.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The seller will load the grating for transport, but won't secure the load.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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In that case, the decline is largely because vendors are not sending it enough merchandise given recent delays in getting payment from the debt-laden company.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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On the hardware side over 10+ million devices have been built around a recovery phrase by default, entrenching a market expectation in which seed phrases are the go-to recovery method, even as some vendors add alternatives.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Costermonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costermonger. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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