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Definition of Cadger
1. Noun. Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free).
Exact synonyms: Mooch, Moocher, Scrounger
Generic synonyms: Beggar, Mendicant
Specialized synonyms: Schnorrer, Shnorrer
Derivative terms: Cadge, Cadge, Mooch, Scrounge, Scrounge
Generic synonyms: Beggar, Mendicant
Specialized synonyms: Schnorrer, Shnorrer
Derivative terms: Cadge, Cadge, Mooch, Scrounge, Scrounge
Definition of Cadger
1. n. A packman or itinerant huckster.
2. n. One who carries hawks on a cadge.
Definition of Cadger
1. Noun. (archaic) A hawker or peddler. ¹
2. Noun. (Geordie) A beggar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cadger
1. one that cadges [n -S] - See also: cadges
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cadger
Literary usage of Cadger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mystifications by Clementina Stirling Grahame, John Brown (1865)
"When asked what became of the wine that was left, he replied, " I boot ha'e the
bottles to wash." THE cadger. An old cadger who brought fish to ..."
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