moocher, mooch, cadger, scrounger
(noun) someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cadger (plural cadgers)
(archaic) A hawker or peddler.
(sometimes, Geordie) A beggar.
• 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
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
