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cadger

English

Etymology

From the archaic verb cadge (to carry) +? -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kæd??(?)/

Noun

cadger (plural cadgers)

  1. (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.
  2. (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

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)

  1. (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."
  2. (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.]
  3. 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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