单词 | costermonger |
释义 | Related topics: Occupationscos·ter·mon·ger /ˈkɒstəˌmʌŋɡə $ ˈkɑːstərˌmɑːŋɡər, -ˌmʌŋ-/ noun [countable] British English old-fashioned BOSELLsomeone who sells fruit and vegetables in the street 〔在街上卖水果和蔬菜的〕小贩Examples from the Corpuscostermonger• Granpa - who was a costermonger by trade - worked the pitch on the corner of Whitechapel Road.• It is possible that some elements of the Hooligan dress-style were derived from the clothes favoured by costermongers in mid-nineteenth-century London.• Donkeys were the typical animals of costermongers, and were cheaper than horses.cos·ter·mon·ger nounChineseSyllable and street in the sells someone fruit vegetables Corpus who |
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