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cadger
English
Etymology
From the archaic verb cadge (“to carry”) +? -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kæd??(?)/
Noun
cadger (plural cadgers)
- (archaic) A hawker or peddler.
- 1928, D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover
- He was not a regular gondolier, so he had none of the cadger and prostitute about him.
- 1928, D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover
- (sometimes Tyneside) A beggar.
- 1851, Charles Dickens, On Duty with Inspector Field
- A woman mysteriously sitting up all night in the dark by the smouldering ashes of the kitchen fire, says it's only tramps and cadgers here
- 1851, Charles Dickens, On Duty with Inspector Field
Translations
Related terms
- cadge
- codger
Further reading
- Cadger in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- Michael Quinion (1996–2021) , “Cadge”, in World Wide Words
Anagrams
- graced
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bludger
English
Etymology
Corruption of bludgeoner.
Pronunciation
Noun
bludger (plural bludgers)
- (Australia, slang) A pimp, a man living off the earnings of a harlot. [From 1856.]
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VII, p. 106, [1]
- Oscar pondered for a while, then said, "Oh, but halfcastes don't seem to be any good at all. All the men here are loafers and bludgers, the women practically all whores."
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VII, p. 106, [1]
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A person who avoids working, or doing their share of work, a loafer, a hanger-on, one who does not pull their weight. [From 1919.]
- A ball used in the sports of Quidditch and Muggle Quidditch.
Derived terms
- dole bludger
Related terms
- bludge
See also
- freeloader
- free rider
References
Anagrams
- Ludbreg, burgled
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