cadger

noun — 2 senses

cadger

noun

/ˈkæd͡ʒɚ/

Etymology From the archaic verb cadge (“to carry”) + -er.

1

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:
2

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 here1851, Charles Dickens, On Duty with Inspector Field:
Related terms
cadge, codger

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