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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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sponger

English

Etymology

sponge +? -er

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?sp?nd??/

Noun

sponger (plural spongers)

  1. One who uses a sponge.
  2. A parasitic hanger-on.
  3. A person or vessel employed in gathering sponges from the sea.
  4. A device for sponging cloth by means of a perforated adjustable cylinder.

Synonyms

  • (parasitic hanger-on): moocher; See also Thesaurus:scrounger

Translations

Anagrams

  • pongers, presong

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