costermonger

英 ['k?st?m??g?] 美['kɑst?m??ɡ?]
  • n. （英）叫賣(mài)小販（等于coster）；水果
  • vi. 沿街叫賣(mài)水果、蔬菜、魚(yú)類(lèi)等

中文詞源

costermonger 水果蔬菜小販

coster, 來(lái)自costard, 大蘋(píng)果。-monger, 販子，詞源同warmonger.

英文詞源

costermonger (n.)
1510s, "itinerant apple-seller" from coster (see costard) + monger. Sense extended from "apple-seller" to any salesman who plied his wares from a street-cart. Contemptuous use is from Shakespeare ("2 Henry IV"), but reason is unclear.