Cadger

//ˈkæd͡ʒɚ// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

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"

Synonyms

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moocherspongerbeggarbumbummerchapman

Example

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

Etymology

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

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