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cadger
/ˈkæd͡ʒɚ/
noun 2
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2CADGER + NOUN
prostitute
PREP.
about
Definitions
noun
1
A hawker or peddler.
He was not a regular gondolier, so he had none of the cadger and prostitute about him.
2
A beggar.
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
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He was not a regular gondolier, so he had none of the cadger and prostitute about him.
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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
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