cadger
Britishnoun
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a person who cadges
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a pedlar or carrier
Example Sentences
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She wants the doctor to cure her husband, a brilliant painter and incorrigible amoralist�a liar, cadger and thief in practical matters.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is a necessary element of the barroom cadger in a role like MacGowran's.
From Time Magazine Archive
There the professional cadger toasted a herring, while his companions cooked scraps of meat or toasted cheese.
From The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
A mean fellow, more properly cadger; one in everybody's mess, but in no one's watch.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
"Man, ye're a cadger of the most appallin' descreeption," said Tam severely.
From Tam o' the Scoots by Wallace, Edgar
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