cadger

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noun

(ˈkædʒə) British a person who cadges

(ˈkædʒər) Scot a pedlar or carrier

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How to use cadger in a sentence

You're a-goin' to be a gentleman, you are—an' I'll have to take to the road by meself and be a poor beast of a cadger again.
Harding's luck|E. [Edith] Nesbit
Cadger, or rather its Scottish form cadgear, a pedlar, occurs about one hundred and fifty years earlier than the verb to cadge.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.)|Ernest Weekley
This elegant individual, we found afterwards, answered to the very proper appellation of “Cadger Jack.”
Sinks of London Laid Open|Unknown
Ye will die the death of a cadger's powney, in a wreath of drift!
Red Gauntlet|Sir Walter Scott

Sentiment and sympathy need no longer be the prey of the fawning cadger, or the victim of hypocritical distress.
From Workhouse to Westminster|George Haw

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