Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cadger"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cadger \Cadg"er\, n. [From {Cadge}, v. t., cf. {Codger}.]
1. A packman or itinerant huckster.
2. One who gets his living by trickery or begging. [Prov. or
Slang] ``The gentleman cadger.'' --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cadger \Cadg"er\, n. [OF. cagier one who catches hawks. Cf.
{Cage}.] (Hawking)
One who carries hawks on a cadge.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cadger
n : someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
[syn: {moocher}, {scrounger}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.