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coster comes from Costard, a type of cooking apple, monger means trader or seller. a greengrocer, seller of fruit and vegetables. fishmonger, ironmonger and warmonger are among the surviving words ending in -monger. cove. unknown. a fellow or chap. Used in 1860s.
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3 meanings: 1. British → an archaic or dialect word for ant 2. Cornwall dialect a tourist or holiday-maker Robert. 1778–1803,.... Click for more definitions.
Apr 9, 2018 · Pismore-(1380’s) combination of old words meaning piss and small insect to refer to something like an ant 41. Quagswagging-(1650’s) shaking someone or something back and forth
Jul 16, 2017 · The archaic word label is attached to any entry word or sense where signs of occasional use in print are found after 1755. Peter Meltzer, the author of "The Thinker's Thesaurus," explains it simply.
It's a portmanteau of two words: pyss, meaning "urine" (and, yes, the forebear of modern piss ), and mire, ironically also meaning "ant". So an old word for "ant" comes from "piss ant", making the pyss part completely useless. The connection to urine was apparently because of the pee-like smell of anthills. Now, mire comes from Old Norse maurr ...
