cadger

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Etymology

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

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cadger (plural cadgers)

  1. (archaic) A hawker or peddler.
  2. (sometimes Geordie) A beggar.
    • 1851, Charles Dickens, 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

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