cadgers

Definition of cadgersnext
plural of cadger

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Noun
  • In the old days beggars were drawn and quartered in that square.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But those states also have Republican governors, who would have raised holy hell if their constituents had been menaced by these roving mobs of mendicants.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • But in a plea reached in September, Alameda County prosecutors allowed Frederic, an Orlando resident, to plead no contest to a lesser offense of obstructing a public roadway, a misdemeanor count more typically associated with the prosecution of aggressive panhandlers.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Attorneys argued Glendale's rules were overly broad and discriminatorily enforced against impoverished panhandlers, and should have applied equally to high school sports teams holding signs advertising a car wash, or Girl Scouts selling cookies, attorneys said.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Cadgers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadgers. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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