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Costard - Wikipedia
Costard is a comic figure in the play Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare. A country bumpkin, he is arrested in the first scene for flouting the king's ... en.wikipedia.org
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COSTARD Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
noun cos· tard ˈkä-stərd 1. Any of several large English cooking apples. 2. Archaic : noddle, pate. www.merriam-webster.com
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Costard (apple) - Wikipedia
The costard was a variety of apple popular in medieval England, and the second apple-variety (after the pearmain) introduced by the Normans. en.wikipedia.org
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costard
▪ I. costard (ˈkɒstəd) Also 5–6 costerd(e. [app. of English formation; not found in OF. Perhaps f. OF. and AF. coste rib + -ard, meaning a prominently ribbed apple, a sense which agrees with the description of existing varieties so called.] 1. A kind of apple of large size. Often mentioned from 14th... Oxford English Dictionary
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Costard - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
"to hit hard, defeat decisively," 1941, British air force slang, of unknown origin, probably related to bombing; possibly echoic. Related: Clobbered; clobbering ... www.etymonline.com
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costard - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English terms derived from Old French · English 2-syllable words · English terms with IPA pronunciation · English terms with audio pronunciation · English ... en.wiktionary.org
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Costard Apples Information and Facts - Specialty Produce
Costard apples are said to be fragrant when ripe and are edible raw, releasing an acidic, sweet, and tangy green taste. specialtyproduce.com
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COSTARD Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
noun · a large English variety of apple. · the head. costard. / ˈkʌstəd /. noun. an English variety of apple tree. the large ribbed apple of this tree. archaic ... www.dictionary.com
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COSTARD definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. a variety of large apple, native to England 2. Archaic a person's head humorous or contemptuous usage www.collinsdictionary.com
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Costard - PlayShakespeare.com
Costard is a swain at the court of Navarre who is caught chatting with Jaquenetta by Armado in spite of the King's order that men are not to see women. www.playshakespeare.com
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Costard (apple)
In 1296 100 costard apples could be bought in Oxford for one shilling and in 1325 29 costard trees could be purchased for three shillings. In writing Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) mentioned the costard in his work, writing: "your chekes embolmed like a mellow costard". wikipedia.org
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costard-jagger
† costard-jagger Obs. rare—1. [Cf. jagger, pedlar, packman.] ‘Another name, apparently, for costard-monger [coster-monger]’ (Nares).1515 Barclay Egloges v. (N.), Coblers, or tynkers, or else costard-jaggers. Oxford English Dictionary
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costard-monger
costard-monger obs. f. costermonger. Oxford English Dictionary
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coster-wife
† coster-wife Obs. [f. costard apple + wife: cf. costermonger.] A woman that keeps a stall for the sale of apples, and the like, an ‘apple-wife’.1661 K. W. Conf. Charact., Univ. Beadle (1860) 72 You'd take him for some bearded London coster-wife newly drest up on a munday morning. Oxford English Dictionary
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