About The Word Cadger
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Cadger
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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 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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