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Cadger

//ˈkæd͡ʒɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hawker or peddler. archaic

    "He was not a regular gondolier, so he had none of the cadger and prostitute about him."

  2. 2
    someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) wordnet
  3. 3
    A beggar. Geordie, sometimes

    "A woman mysteriously sitting up all night in the dark by the smouldering ashes of the kitchen fire, says it's only tramps and cadgers here"

Etymology

From the archaic verb cadge (“to carry”) + -er.

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