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Thread #158060 Message #3735002
Posted By: GUEST,Noreen at work
03-Sep-15 - 08:03 AM
Thread Name: BS: 'costermonger' idle curiosity
Subject: RE: BS: 'costermonger' idle curiosity
According to SOED, "costard" derives, via Anglo-Norman, from a Latin word for a "rib"
Ah- hence the intercostal muscles between the ribs.