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CADGER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

Synonyms:

cadger; mooch; moocher; scrounger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cadger" is a kind of...):

beggar; mendicant (a pauper who lives by begging)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cadger"):

schnorrer; shnorrer ((Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others)

Derivation:

cadge (obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling)

cadge (ask for and get free; be a parasite)

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