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Definition of Coster
1. n. One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, etc.
Definition of Coster
1. Noun. A costermonger ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coster
1. a hawker of fruit or vegetables [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coster
Literary usage of Coster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by Walter Scott (1829)
"Before the invasion of Buonaparte, De coster occupied a little inn, ... JEAN BAPTISTE
DE coster, aged about 53, born in the village of Corbec-loo, ..."
2. The Dictionary of Biographical Reference: Containing Over One Hundred by Lawrence Barnett Phillips (1889)
"1580 OP coster, Laurent Jansen, of Haarlem, Dutch printer ; 1370-1440 cDi-.w.
coster, Sigisbert Etienne, Fr. prelate ; 1734—1825 D. u. coster, Samuel, Dutch ..."
3. The Archaeological Journal by Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Central Committee, Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1871)
"First, in a pedigree drawn up in 1546, it is asserted that Lourens Janszoon coster
brought the first "print " into the world, a hundred years before—namely ..."
4. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1897)
"Kui :—I rather agree with the last speaker, Mr. coster, in both positions that
he takes, that we shall not for the present see the cross-country railroads ..."
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