Cadger

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cadg=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

Cadger, n. [From Cadge, v. t., cf. Codger.].

•  A packman or itinerant huckster.  [1913 Webster]
•  One who gets his living by trickery or begging.  Dickens.  [1913 Webster]

Cadger, n. [OF. cagier one who catches hawks. Cf. Cage.].

 One who carries hawks on a cadge.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

Cadger

beggar, bum, bummer, chapman, cheap-jack, cheap-john, colporteur, coster, costermonger, coupon clippers, drone, freeloader, hawker, higgler, hobo, huckster, idle rich, leisure class, loafer, lounge lizard, lumpen proletariat, mendicant, mendicant friar, mendicant order, moocher, nonworker, panhandler, parasite, peddler, rentiers, schnorrer, scrounger, sidewalk salesman, spiv, sponger, the unemployable, the unemployed, tramp, vendor

ROGET THESAURUS

Cadger

Petitioner

N petitioner, solicitor, applicant, suppliant, supplicant, suitor, candidate, claimant, postulant, aspirant, competitor, bidder, place hunter, pot hunter, prizer, seeker, beggar, mendicant, moocher, panhandler, freeloader, sponger, mumper, sturdy beggar, cadger, hotel runner, runner, steerer, tout, touter, pauper, homeless person, hobo, bum, tramp, bindle stiff, bo, knight of the road (poverty), hippie, flower child, hard core unemployed, welfare client, welfare case, canvasser, bagman, salesman.

Merchant

N merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, salesman, changer, regrater, shopkeeper, shopman, tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk, retailer, chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler, pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus, sutler, vivandiere, costerman, costermonger, tallyman, camelot, faker, vintner, money broker, money changer, money lender, cambist, usurer, moneyer, banker, jobber, broker, buyer, seller, bear, bull, concern, firm.