Fruit (slang) fruit" (and rarely "old tin of fruit") to the 1920s in Britain possibly deriving from the phrase "fruit of the womb". In the United States, however, both "fruit" and "fruitcake" are seen as negative with fruitcake likely originating from "nutty as a fruitcake" (a crazy person). A costermonger was a street seller of fruit and vegetables. The term, which derived from the words "costard" (a type of apple) and "monger", i.e. "seller", came to be particularly associated with the "barrow boys" of London who would sell their produce from a wheelbarrow or wheeled market stall. Costermongers have existed in London
Adam Sweeting Adam Sweeting Adam Sweeting is a British rock critic and writer. Along started writing in 1979 and then quickly worked for many publications such as "Beat Instrumental", "Trouser Press", Australian magazine "RAM" and "NME". In 1980, he became a feature editor of "Melody Maker". He also briefly collaborated with "Sounds". In 1985, he stopped collaborating with the "Melody Maker" to work for "The Guardian" and also for "Q". He did interviews with musicians such as Kate Bush, Neil Young, Tom Waits and Joni Mitchell. Sweeting has written over 800 articles for "The Guardian", including hundreds of obituaries. Since the 2000s,