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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
Noun
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The bitcoin price, which has doubled since this time last year, fell by 5% as traders brace for a September shock following U.S. president Donald Trump dropping a $12.2 trillion bombshell.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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As villagers pack their belongings and flee their homes, the calf is sold to cattle traders and begins a journey from Armenia through Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan, crossing ever-shifting borders and communities in flux.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Since the ability to smuggle in narcotics and humans by simply walking over the border has been eliminated, smugglers are now forced to think of another way to enter our nation.—
Mike Garcia,
Oc Register,
11 Aug. 2025
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The Mossad had developed contacts with smugglers — and often with the government intelligence agencies — in all seven nations.—
Yossi Melman,
ProPublica,
7 Aug. 2025
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Rather than being punished, the research shows that, surprisingly, some bootleggers are praised and offered more opportunities to perform live gigs than DJs who produce official remixes or original music.—
London School of Economics,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Her mother’s parents, the Pattis (her first name is her mother’s maiden name), were immigrant bootleggers; their sewing room had removable floorboards to hide whiskey.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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Prosecutors often have a much better chance of convicting a drug pusher than a conman, because the former’s crimes are easier to explain to a jury than an intricate series of transactions involving financial instruments, joint ventures and limited liability companies.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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Another alleged major North Shore drug pusher is facing serious charges of distributing fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine — and even shaking down one of his own dealers at gunpoint.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Available merchants Affirm has more than 245,000 merchants, including Amazon, Peloton, Adidas and Target.—
Maya Benjamin,
CNBC,
8 Aug. 2025
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The streets belonged as much to students, feminists, merchants, liberals, and industrial workers as to clerics.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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New turf, new lights, new fences, new dugouts, new scoreboards and new roads leading to the field.—
The Tennessean,
The Tennessean,
15 Aug. 2025
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Human beings have spent millennia building homes, fences, and societies to separate ourselves from nature (and for good reasons).—
Marc Berman
August 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Still high interest rates and a disconnect between buyers’ asking prices and what sellers are willing to pay are key factors that are contributing to the decline in transactions, believes Reay.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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What Companies Like About Their Cloud Service While executives put vendor reputation further down the list of priorities when shopping for cloud services, that doesn’t mean sellers should be complacent.—
Forbes Research,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Entertainment spans across four stages, more than 250 vendors line the streets and, of course, there’s food, drink and drag.—
Jennifer Day,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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For instance, in accounts payable, bots now ingest and reconcile invoices, while finance staff step in only for anomalies or policy exceptions—freeing up time for vendor negotiations and strategic planning.—
Dutt Kalluri,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Costermonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costermonger. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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