costermonger
Barrow-pushing seller
A costermonger is a street seller of fruits, vegetables, or other goods from a cart or barrow.
The word is British and old-fashioned, evoking Victorian London markets: The costermongers hawked their wares along the crowded lanes.
Sometimes shortened to coster.
Roving small-goods merchant
- hawkerRoving vocal merchant
- vendorOne who sells goods
- merchantOne who sells wares
- traderOne who transacts commercially
seller · barrow · handcart · pushcart · stall · pitch · rounds · weighing
Show entrance promoter
- crierPublic announcement maker
- pitchmanPersuasive product demonstrator
- toutPromote aggressively
- hawkerRoving vocal merchant
spiel · patter · call · shout · banter · sales pitch · bargain · vocal
London district beyond the City
- Bow BellsSt Mary-le-Bow's bells
- VictorianOf a prim era
- DickensianGrimly poor, socially unjust
- WhitechapelEast London district
Portobello Road · pie and mash · jellied eels · Thames · music hall · working class · Covent Garden
Edible plant ovary
- vegetablesEdible plants, not fruits
- applesRound tree fruit
- orangesRound citrus with segments
- pearsEdible pomes from Pyrus
cherries · strawberries · potatoes · onions · cabbages · watercress · flowers · fish
Surname of Victorian novelist
- urchinNeglected street child
- slumImpoverished urban district
- povertySevere lack of resources
- working poorEmployed but below comfort
donkey · cart · gas lamp · cobblestones · workhouse · gin · industrialization · urbanization
peddler
Roving small-goods merchant
trader · seller · barrow · handcart · pushcart · stall · pitch · rounds · weighing · measuring
barker
Show entrance promoter
hawker · spiel · patter · call · shout · banter · sales pitch · bargain · vocal · loud
East End
London district beyond the City
- Bow BellsSt Mary-le-Bow's bells
- VictorianOf a prim era
- DickensianGrimly poor, socially unjust
Whitechapel · Portobello Road · pie and mash · jellied eels · Thames · music hall · working class · Covent Garden
fruit
Edible plant ovary
- vegetablesEdible plants, not fruits
- applesRound tree fruit
- orangesRound citrus with segments
pears · cherries · strawberries · potatoes · onions · cabbages · watercress · flowers · fish · oysters
Dickens
Surname of Victorian novelist
working poor · donkey · cart · gas lamp · cobblestones · workhouse · gin · industrialization · urbanization · social reform
costermongershopkeeper
Small store manager
storekeeper · merchant · boutique owner · grocer · greengrocer