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
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
A cadger sweeping a crossing fell out with a dustman.
From Sketches by Seymour — Volume 05 by Seymour, Robert
"Ay," he said, coolly, "it's no ill at that; there was a cadger body yestreen, and there's yoursell the day."
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman
The beggar and the cadger were no longer sure of a meal.
From Vixen, Volume II. by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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