cadger

English

Etymology

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

Noun

cadger (plural cadgers)

(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.
(sometimes Geordie) A beggar.
- Charles Dickens
  The gentleman cadger.

Translations

hawker or peddler

Bulgarian: просяк (bg) (prosjak)

See also

cadge
codger

References

The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, →ISBN
Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
article on cadge at World Wide Words

Anagrams

graced

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