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Webster 1913 Edition

Cadger

Cadg′er

,
Noun.
[From
Cadge
,
Verb.
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

,
Noun.
[OF.
cagier
one who catches hawks. Cf.
Cage
.]
(Hawking)
One who carries hawks on a cadge.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cadger

CADGER

,
Noun.
One who brings butter, eggs and poultry to the market, from the country; a huckster.

Definition 2024

cadger

cadger

English

Noun

cadger ‎(plural cadgers)

  1. (archaic) A hawker or peddler.
    • 1928, D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover
      He was not a regular gondolier, so he had none of the cadger and prostitute about him.
  2. (sometimes Geordie) A beggar.
    • Charles Dickens
      The gentleman cadger.

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From the archaic verb cadge ‎(“carry”), derived from Old French.

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