cadger

Example Sentences

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She wants the doctor to cure her husband, a brilliant painter and incorrigible amoralist�a liar, cadger and thief in practical matters.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is a necessary element of the barroom cadger in a role like MacGowran's.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stepping out into the middle of the causeway, he confronted the cadger party, and brought it to a stop, with the interrogation: “Whence come you, my worthy people?”

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne

Now I know why, having got the information from our cadger friends.

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne

The wicket was at the same time drawn open, and the cadger party passed over and in.

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne