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
The mair they see o' ye, the less they 'll meddle wi' ye—caird or cadger.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
He never kept that event a secret; and, on such occasions, what could any honest-hearted cadger do, but offer their pouch to the willing old lad?
From Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves by George Cruikshank
The beggar and the cadger were no longer sure of a meal.
From Vixen, Volume II. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
You're a-goin' to be a gentleman, you are—an' I'll have to take to the road by meself and be a poor beast of a cadger again.
From Harding's luck by H. R. (Harold Robert) Millar
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