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Coster vs Cosier - What's the difference?

coster | cosier |

As nouns the difference between coster and cosier

is that coster is costermonger while cosier is an incompetent tailor.

As an adjective cosier is

comparative of cosy.

coster

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • costermonger
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}

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    cosier

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (cosy)

    • Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) coussier maker of mattresses, or couseor tailor.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An incompetent tailor.
    • (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)

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