CADGER

moocher, mooch, cadger, scrounger

(noun) someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cadger (plural cadgers)

(archaic) A hawker or peddler.

(sometimes, Geordie) A beggar.

Anagrams

• graced

Source: Wiktionary


Cadg"er, n. Etym: [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. Etym: [OF. cagier one who catches hawks. Cf. Cage.] (Hawking)

Definition: One who carries hawks on a cadge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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