costermonger

British

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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. Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for costermonger
Noun
  • But with Musk bolstering his commitment to leading Tesla, Ives said traders can now shift their focus to the company’s role in what the analyst called the artificial intelligence revolution.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 23 May 2025
  • This is per the equity's Schaeffer's Volatility Index (SVI) of 29% that ranks in the 20th percentile of its annual range, meaning options traders are pricing in low volatility expectations at the moment.
    Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The show’s namesake character is Cassian Andor, a pilot, played by Diego Luna, who was taken from his home planet as an orphan by sympathetic smugglers.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
  • That said, to be displaced is to be object, material, pushed across borders, overloaded into boats, stuffed into unfit vehicles, herded over mountains by smugglers.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Or Telfar’s reimagining of Canal Street bootleggers as craftspeople, just as important as their Italian counterparts.
    Jeremy O. Harris, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The iron law explains why bootleggers smuggled whiskey instead of beer or wine during alcohol prohibition.
    John C. Goodman, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • The chronograph pushers at 2 and 4 o’clock and the split-seconds pushers at 8 and 9 o’clock also have the same ceramic materials and finishes.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • All this is controlled via a discrete pusher hidden on the watch head’s top flank, which is revealed when the case is removed from its housing and rotated 90 degrees.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Reasonable Existing Debt Got stacked high-interest loans or merchant cash advances?
    Matthew Meehan, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • The American military sees the civilian merchant fleet and shipbuilding industry as strategic assets in wartime.
    Caleb Petitt, National Review, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Other reminders: ▪ Inspect your shutters, roof and fences in case repairs or replacements are needed.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
  • Funding was raised to create two culvert tunnels with a concrete fence/wall on both sides.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Two councilmen have a bill requiring licenses for ticket sellers.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
  • Walcott turned away from the fruit seller and looked at the sea, and the woman turned away from him.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • Cyber attacks can now exploit third-party vendors, cloud misconfigurations or even supply chain dependencies.
    David Wagner, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • The latest Harvard directive will be delivered Tuesday in a letter that also will order government agencies to look for new vendors for the federal funds, the officials said.
    Alayna Treene, CNN Money, 27 May 2025

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“Costermonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costermonger. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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