cadger

English

Etymology

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

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.

Translations

hawker or peddler

• Bulgarian: просяк (bg) (prosjak)
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Related terms

• cadge
• codger

Further reading

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• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• Michael Quinion (1996–2024) “Cadge”, in World Wide Words.

Anagrams

• graced