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Cadger

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.

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

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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