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coster
noun 3name 1
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1COSTER + NOUN
costard, costermonger
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noun
1
Clipping of costermonger.
It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.
2
A costard: a large apple good for cooking; any apple.
3
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Acraea.
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A surname.
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It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men'
Wiktionary02
Coster, costermonger, or costard is a street seller of fruit and vegetables, in London and other British towns.
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