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Cadger

Cadger Meaning & Definition
Cadger Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cadger?

[n] someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cadger: moocher | scrounger

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cadger: beggar | bum | bummer | chapman | cheap-jack | cheap-john | colporteur | coster | costermonger | coupon clippers | drone | freeloader | hawker | higgler | hobo | huckster | idle rich | leisure class | loafer | lounge lizard | lumpen proletariat | mendicant | mendicant friar | mendicant order | moocher | nonworker | panhandler | parasite | peddler | rentiers | schnorrer | scrounger | sidewalk salesman | spiv | sponger | the unemployable | the unemployed | tramp | vendor

See Also | beggar | mendicant

Cadger In Webster's Dictionary

\Cadg"er\, n. [From {Cadge}, v. t., cf. {Codger}.] 1. A packman or itinerant huckster. 2. One who gets his living by trickery or begging. [Prov. or Slang] ``The gentleman cadger.'' --Dickens.
\Cadg"er\, n. [OF. cagier one who catches hawks. Cf. {Cage}.] (Hawking) One who carries hawks on a cadge.

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