cadger

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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.
   • , On Duty with Inspector Field

     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 here

Related terms

• cadge
• codger

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