cadger Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
    scrounger; moocher; mooch.

WordNet

Cadg"er noun
Etymology
From Cadge, v. t., cf. Codger.
Definitions
  1. A packman or itinerant huckster.
  2. One who gets his living by trickery or begging. Prov. or Slang "The gentleman cadger." Dickens.
Cadg"er noun
Etymology
OF. cagier one who catches hawks. Cf. Cage.
Definitions
  1. (Hawking) One who carries hawks on a cadge.

Webster 1913