cadger
Example Sentences
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There is a necessary element of the barroom cadger in a role like MacGowran's.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Not me," answered the fish cadger, with a grin.
From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
There the professional cadger toasted a herring, while his companions cooked scraps of meat or toasted cheese.
From The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
On along the streets passed the cadger party; Jack urging Jinkum to haste by a succession of vociferous “yee-ups,” and now and then a sharp touch of the stick.
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
And, ah! the set upon his phiz At meals defies expression; For I confess that Rover is A cadger by profession.
From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry
