noun
- a person who sells fruit, vegetables, or other goods from a cart or stall in the street
Usage: British; informal
Examples
- The coster wheeled his cart through the narrow streets selling fresh apples.
- She bought some oranges from the local coster at the market.
- The old coster had been selling vegetables in that spot for thirty years.
- Costers would call out their wares to attract customers.
- The coster’s cart was loaded with seasonal produce.
- Many costers worked the same routes every day through the neighborhoods.