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Definition of Costers

1. coster [n] - See also: coster

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Costers

Costa Rica Costa Rican Costa Rican colon Costa Rican monetary unit coste costean costeaned costeans costectomy costed

Costen Costen's syndrome coster costermonger costermongers costers (current term) costes costia costiasis Costia necatrix

costicartilage costiform costing costive costive costively costiveness costiveness costivenesses costless

Literary usage of Costers

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1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"... Shine-nag (costers), a token of bankruptcy, or being " cracked up." "You'll ruin the shine- nag if you go on like that." Shiner (popular), a sovereign; ..."

2. The English at Home by Alphonse Esquiros (1861)
"The English costers reside in courts and alleys in the vicinity of the ... It is calculated that only one-third of the costers have a capital of their own; ..."

3. London labour and the London poor: Cyclopædia of the Condition and Earnings by Henry Mayhew (1861)
"But I'm satisfied that if the costers had to profess themselves of some ... This is the reason :—London costers live very often in the same courts and ..."

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