cadger
Britishnoun
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a person who cadges
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a pedlar or carrier
Example Sentences
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There is a necessary element of the barroom cadger in a role like MacGowran's.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some weeks back, about as dirty an old cadger as it has ever been my fate to encounter, pointed you out to me on the road, and told me the greatest part of your history.”
From The Parson O' Dumford by Fenn, George Manville
Jim: Do you take me for a cangling cadger, to haggle ...
From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson
On along the streets passed the cadger party; Jack urging Jinkum to haste by a succession of vociferous “yee-ups,” and now and then a sharp touch of the stick.
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
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)
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