cadger

There is a necessary element of the barroom cadger in a role like MacGowran's.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Enough,” said, or rather thought, Birch, who, after a whispered word with the colossal trooper, gave permission for the cadger party to pass on over the bridge.

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

"Ay," he said, coolly, "it's no ill at that; there was a cadger body yestreen, and there's yoursell the day."

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay

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 Charles G. (Charles George) Harper