Talk:Costermonger/Archives/2012

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Coster apple? Custard apple? Huh?

I put in a link to "Custard apple", because I can't find anything on "coster apple" at all (other than an apple developed by a Mr. Jonagold de Coster), and the description of a "coster apple" as a "large ribbed apple" sounds like a description of a "Custard apple". I would take a WAG that "coster" is just a Cockney mispronunciation of custard?81.96.176.135 (talk) 19:36, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

I find that to be a very unlikely association. A Custard Apple is a fruit native to the New World. The Oxford English Dictionary first places the use of the word Costermonger in 1514. I very much doubt that travellers were importing Custard Apples at that time, or growing them locally. I have therefore removed the link. Parrot of Doom (talk) 22:53, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Could the word "coster" be linked to the German word "Kost" meaning food / fare / victuals? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.129.37.59 (talk) 23:24, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Pearly Kings and Queens

The link does not support the article description as elected officials who maintain the peace, but rather as collectors for charity. Rumiton (talk) 18:28, 9 October 2010 (UTC)