Coster
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Coster is a noun meaning Clipping of costermonger.
Meaning
Clipping of costermonger.
More Meanings
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Acraea.
- (obsolete) A costard: a large apple good for cooking; any apple.
Example Sentences
It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.
Word Forms
- costers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mongers, castor, acrocerid, crow, acanthopteroctetid, acrolepiine.
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