costermongering

Updated: May 14, 2025

We distinctly charge the dustmen with throwing what they ought to clear away, into the eyes of the public. We accuse scavengers, brickmakers, and gentlemen who devote their energies to the costermongering line, with obtaining money once a-year, under false pretences.

Charles Dickens - Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people