Synonyms for cadger


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kaj
Phonetic Transcription : kædʒ


Définition of cadger

Origin :
  • "to beg" (1812), "to get by begging" (1848), of uncertain origin, perhaps a back-formation from cadger "itinerant dealer with a pack-horse," mid-15c., which is perhaps from early 14c. cadge "to fasten, to tie," of unknown origin.
  • noun beggar
Example sentences :
  • "They're Annie the Cadger's," said John, dropping to the ground.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • A beggar is not etymologically one who begs, or a cadger one who cadges.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Words (4th ed.) » by Ernest Weekley
  • "Man, ye're a cadger of the most appallin' descreeption," said Tam severely.
  • Extract from : « Tam O' The Scoots » by Edgar Wallace
  • Ye will die the death of a cadger's powney, in a wreath of drift!
  • Extract from : « Red Gauntlet » by Sir Walter Scott
  • Arra, dear shoy, I sowed them in my belly, and sold the hens to a cadger.
  • Extract from : « Amusing Prose Chap Books » by Various
  • And would you mind telling us what Cadger had to tell, Chief?
  • Extract from : « The Aeroplane Boys Flight » by John Luther Langworthy
  • The military committee in congress couldn't go back on Mr. Cadger, and he daren't go back on my father.
  • Extract from : « A Wounded Name » by Charles King
  • There were twelve or twenty little groups of men in the square, which was lit by a flare of oil suspended over a cadger's cart.
  • Extract from : « Auld Licht Idylls » by J. M. Barrie
  • The clamp-clamp of a cadger's tired-out horse and the rattle of an empty cart sound loud and long in the deserted street.
  • Extract from : « Betty Grier » by Joseph Waugh
  • Well, nothing would suit, but the dustman must have a go, and pitch into the cadger.
  • Extract from : « The Sketches of Seymour (Illustrated), Part 5. » by Robert Seymour

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