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a merchant dealer, such as: Costermonger, a street seller of fruit and vegetables; in Britain also general (synonym) peddler; Cheesemonger, a specialist seller of cheeses; Fellmonger, a merchant of hides and skins; Fishmonger, a wholesaler or retailer of raw fish and seafood; Ironmonger, a supplier of iron goods, or in the modern sense a ...
"Mush-fakers" and ginger-beer makers at Clapham Common, 1877 by John Thomson. A costermonger, coster, or costard is a street seller of fruit and vegetables in British towns. . The term is derived from the words costard (a medieval variety of apple) [1] and monger (seller), and later came to be used to describe hawkers in general
Chapman is an English surname derived from the Old English occupational name céapmann "marketman, monger, merchant", from the verb céapan, cypan "to buy or sell" and the noun form ceap "barter, business, purchase." Alternate spellings include Caepmon, Cepeman, Chepmon, Cypman(n), and Shapman.
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972) is a critically acclaimed film about a German fruit-peddler, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. [ 41 ] The Tin Men (1987), a feature film directed by Barry Levinson and starring Richard Dreyfuss and Danny De Vito , is a comedy set in 1963, concerning two aluminium salesmen and the dirty tricks they use to ...
Hawkers, hucksters and peddlers occupied a different social position to merchants and were regarded as marginal in society. [6] However, English narratives from the 12th and 13th centuries suggest that hardworking hawkers could advance to positions as packmen and ultimately wealthy wholesalers or merchants.
The more consumers join the company's payment ecosystem, the more attractive it becomes to merchants, and vice versa. For businesses that don't yet accept credit cards as a form of payment, Visa ...
Ceremonial Barge of the Ironmongers' Company. The Ironmongers, originally known as the Ferroners, were incorporated under a Royal Charter in 1463. Their company's original association with iron merchants has lessened, especially due to the movement of the industry from Southern England to the North, where iron ore is more available.
His father, James O'Connor, was a merchant mariner and fish monger from Ireland; his mother a part-time prostitute. [1] Growing up in the slums of West London, O'Connor learned the trade of petty theft. [1] Doing the "honorable thing" he married Mary Agnes Davey, four years his senior, in the spring of 1936.