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
One minute there would be a would-be viveur, in sleek dress clothes; then along comes a cadger; then along comes a warrior from the battlefield.
From Nights in London by Burke, Thomas
Now I know why, having got the information from our cadger friends.
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
Despite the evident hurry the cadger was in, no thwack of stick accompanied the words.
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
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