cadger in Germany
cadger [kædʒər] Schmarotzer, Schnorre
Sentence patterns related to "cadger"
1. At its most general, Cadger meant "carrier," and the verb Cadge meant "to carry." More specifically, the verb meant to go about as a Cadger or peddler.
2. Gammerstang commented on the word Cadge (verb/noun) - A whining beggar is a Cadger
3. Antonyms for Commensal include parasite, leech, sponge, sponger, moocher, scrounger, mooch, bloodsucker, cadger and drone
4. In Scotland a Cadger is an itinerant peddler of fish.--James Maitland's American Slang Dictionary, 1891
5. “Codger” is probably simply a dialect variation of “cadger,” and originally, in the 18th century, meant a stingy, miserly old man
6. Codger Meaning: "old man, odd person;" 1796, "mean, miserly man;" probably a variant of cadger "beggar" (see cadge… See definitions of Codger.
7. Etymologists are pretty sure the verb "Cadge" was created as a back-formation of "Cadger" (which is to say, it was formed by removal of the "-er" suffix)
8. Cadge (v.) "to beg" (1812), "to get by begging" (1848), of uncertain origin, perhaps a back-formation from Cadger "itinerant dealer with a pack-horse" (mid-15c.), which is perhaps from Middle English Cadge "to fasten, to tie" (late 14c.), which probably is from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse kögur-barn "swaddled child").