The Collaborative International Dictionary
costardmonger
Costermonger \Cos"ter*mon`ger\ (k?s"t?r-m?n`g?r), n. [See Costard.] An apple seller; a hawker of, or dealer in, any kind of fruit or vegetables; a fruiterer. [Written also costardmonger.]
Wiktionary
costardmonger
n. (archaic form of costermonger English)
Usage examples of "costardmonger".
As varieties of the Apple, mention is made in documents of the twelfth century, of the pearmain, and the costard, from the latter of which has come the word costardmonger, as at first a dealer in this fruit, and now applied to our costermonger.