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
He abhorred a cadger; he abhorred the very sight of the begging circulars which so appreciably increase the postman's daily burden.
From A Dream of the North Sea by James Runciman
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
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 Mayne Reid
He never kept that event a secret; and, on such occasions, what could any honest-hearted cadger do, but offer their pouch to the willing old lad?
From Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves by George Cruikshank
