cadger

cadger: Synonyms and related words:

beggar, bum, bummer, chapman, cheap-jack, cheap-john, colporteur, coster, costermonger, coupon clippers, drone, freeloader, hawker, higgler, hobo, huckster, idle rich, leisure class, loafer, lounge lizard, lumpen proletariat, mendicant, mendicant friar, mendicant order, moocher, nonworker, panhandler, parasite, peddler, rentiers, schnorrer, scrounger, sidewalk salesman, spiv, sponger, the unemployable, the unemployed, tramp, vendor

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Cadger — Cadg er, n. [From {Cadge}, v. t., cf. {Codger}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A packman or itinerant huckster. [1913 Webster] 2. One who gets his living by trickery or begging. [Prov. or Slang] The gentleman cadger. Dickens. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cadger — Cadg er, n. [OF. cagier one who catches hawks. Cf. {Cage}.] (Hawking) One who carries hawks on a cadge. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cadger — index parasite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
cadger — cadge ► VERB informal ▪ ask for or obtain (something to which one is not entitled). DERIVATIVES cadger noun. ORIGIN from cadger, a northern English and Scottish word meaning «itinerant dealer» … English terms dictionary
cadger — noun see cadge … New Collegiate Dictionary
cadger — an itinerant dealer in fish (English dialect) … Dictionary of ichthyology
cadger — See cadge. * * * … Universalium
cadger — noun a) A hawker or peddler. b) A beggar … Wiktionary
Cadger — one who cadges … Dictionary of Australian slang
cadger — I Australian Slang one who cadges II Yorkshire Dialect Borrower, One who collects corn and takes to mill for grinding III North Country (Newcastle) Words a packman or itinerant huckster … English dialects glossary

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