costard

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• Costard

  ·noun The head; — used contemptuously. II. Costard ·noun An apple, large and round like the head. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• costard

  the head ; a kind of opprobrious word, used by way of contempt, probably alluding to a costard apple...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• costard monger

  A dealer in fruit, particularly apples. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose