barrow boy

Meaning

1. A boy or man who sells goods – especially fruit or vegetables – from a barrow; a costermonger.
2. (slang) By extension, a financial industry worker from a working class or lower middle class family background.

Synonyms

hawker

peddler

Etymology

Compound of barrow + boy. Attested since the 1930s in the sense of costermonger; the slang usage dates from the 1980s.