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
Well, nothing would suit, but the dustman must have a go, and pitch into the cadger.
From Sketches by Seymour — Volume 05 by Robert Seymour
The mair they see o' ye, the less they 'll meddle wi' ye—caird or cadger.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
One minute there would be a would-be viveur, in sleek dress clothes; then along comes a cadger; then along comes a warrior from the battlefield.
From Nights in London by Thomas Burke
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 Henry Kendall
