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cadger

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkæd͡ʒɚ/

noun

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

  1. A hawker or peddler.

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

  2. A beggar.

    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