cadger en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkæd͡ʒɚ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From the archaic verb cadge (“to carry”) + -er.
Meanings
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(archaic) A hawker or peddler.
He was not a regular gondolier, so he had none of the cadger and prostitute about him.
1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC:
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(Geordie, sometimes) A beggar.
A woman mysteriously sitting up all night in the dark by the smouldering ashes of the kitchen fire, says it's only tramps and cadgers here
1851, Charles Dickens, On Duty with Inspector Field:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cadgers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (7)
cs žebrák (beggar) · pl naciągacz (hawker or peddler) · pl żebrak (beggar) · pl żebraczka (beggar) · pl domokrążca (hawker or peddler) · pl naciągaczka (hawker or peddler) · bg просяк (hawker or peddler)