1) Literary character 2) The head
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Costard is a comic figure in the play Love`s Labour`s Lost by William Shakespeare. A country bumpkin, he is arrested in the first scene for flouting the king`s proclamation that all men of the court avoid the company of women for three years. While in custody, the men of the court use him to further their own romantic endeavors. By sending love......
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• (n.) An apple, large and round like the head. • (n.) The head; -- used contemptuously.
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Cos'tard noun [ Prob. from Old French
coste rib, side, French
côte , and meaning orig., a ribbed apple, from the ribs or angles on its sides. See
Coast .]
1. An apple, large and round like the head. « Some [ apples] consist more of air than water . . . ; others more ...
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Costard is a clown in Love's Labour's Lost.
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Costard is old slang for the head.
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costard A variety of apple, so called with reference to the ribs on its surface.
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a large English variety of apple. · the head.
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