1. Character Quotes
  2. cadger vs scrounger

different between cadger vs scrounger

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

cadger From the web:

  • what cadger meaning
  • what does codger mean
  • what does cadgery mean
  • what does cadger mean in scottish
  • what is a cadger definition
  • what is a cadger
  • what is cookie-cadger
  • what does a cadger do

scrounger

English

Etymology

scrounge +? -er

Noun

scrounger (plural scroungers)

  1. One who scrounges.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:scrounger

Translations

scrounger From the web:

  • scrounge means
  • what is scroungers golf
  • what is scroungers lawn bowls
  • what size scrounger head
  • what does scroungers
  • what does scrounge mean
  • what do scrounger meaning
  • what does scrounge mean in the uk
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like

Copyright © 2024 Quotes