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
  • Bitcoin and crypto prices have swung wildly this week as traders brace for U.S. president Donald Trump to drop a bitcoin price bombshell.
    Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • According to Politico, Lighthizer would have been interested in the jobs of Treasury or Commerce Secretary, but those positions had gone to Wall Street insiders: the currency trader Scott Bessent got Treasury, and Commerce went to the major cryptocurrency investor Howard Lutnick.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Four years into the border crisis, OLS officers are continuing to apprehend human smugglers in Webb County, whose residents overwhelmingly support President-elect Donald Trump and his border policies.
    Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Yet, as the Trump inauguration approaches, smugglers have continued to urge migrants to get to the border and avoid a potential crackdown.
    César Rodríguez, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • What eliminated the bootleggers wasn’t more prohibition, but legalization, after all.
    The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 23 Jan. 2025
  • This episode, in which Prohibition is reinstated in Springfield and Homer becomes a bootlegger known as the Beer Baron, pursued by an Elliot Ness-type crime fighter named Rex Banner, is one such episode.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Pastel blues, belted polo T-shirts and peddle pushers were just a few of the standout looks from this collection.
    Megan O'Sullivan, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The larger 44mm case is rendered in titanium, and the bezel, pushers, and dial all feature recesses and cutaways to save weight and reveal the inner workings of the watch.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • To further secure financial transactions, a third-party merchant handles card processing, while AWS manages physical security under the SOC3 assessment.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
  • During the 1985 Christmas season, a coal merchant in an Irish village makes a troubling discovery.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In the second incident, in September, a Secret Service agent saw a man hiding in the bushes and pointing a rifle through a fence at Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach while Trump was playing there.
    Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The post explained that these fast, dog-like creatures can climb fences or wait in the shadows, ready to pounce on a pet when the opportunity presents itself.
    Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In a more balanced market between buyers and sellers, there is a 4- to 6-month supply.
    ALEX VEIGA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Home sales skidded to a fresh low in 2024 as high mortgage rates and property prices kept buyers and sellers on the sidelines of the housing market.
    Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Ars Technica spoke with an IT vendor manager who has been using VMware's vSphere since the early 2000s.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2025
  • This one uses Undercurrent’s signature espresso combined with fresh, creamy gelato from nearby vendor Honeysuckle Gelato.
    Sunny Hubler, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2025

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“Costermonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costermonger. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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