What does cadger mean?
Cadger means (archaic) A hawker or peddler..
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/ˈkæd͡ʒɚ/ · noun
(archaic) A hawker or peddler..
He was not a regular gondolier, so he had none of the cadger and prostitute about him.
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
Use cadger when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cadger means (archaic) A hawker or peddler..
Common synonyms include scrounger, sponger, moocher.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He was not a regular gondolier, so he had none of the cadger and prostitute about him.
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