costermonger
noun
costermonger is spelled C-O-S-T-E-R-M-O-N-G-E-R: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, costermonger means “A vendor who sells fruit and vegetables from a cart or barrow in the street” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of costermonger is costermongers.
How many letters and syllables are in costermonger?
| Letters | 12: C-O-S-T-E-R-M-O-N-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is costermonger?
Costermonger appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of costermonger
- costermongers plural
- costardmonger
- coster-monger
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does costermonger mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IrelandUKA vendor who sells fruit and vegetables from a cart or barrow in the street.
A costermonger's barrow is also known as a shallow.
- 2
IrelandUKAn applemonger, usually itinerant and selling from a cart.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate costermonger?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of costermonger: coster.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does costermonger come from?
From costard (“cooking apple”) + monger.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).