coster

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noun

A costard: a large apple good for cooking; any apple.

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Meanings

coster1

nouncoster (plural costers)

plural costers

  1. abbreviationclippingClipping of costermonger.

    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.

    1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
  2. obsoleteA costard: a large apple good for cooking; any apple.
  3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Acraea.

Coster2

proper nounCoster (plural Costers)

plural Costers

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
costermongerfruitmongerfruitseller

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sectorescortcorsetCortesscoterTrescorecostscrote
Cite this entry
APA

coster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coster

MLA

“coster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coster. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coster,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coster.

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