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Almsman vs Cadger - What's the difference?

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Almsman is a related term of cadger.


As nouns the difference between almsman and cadger

is that almsman is (obsolete) one who depends on the receipt of alms, a beggar while cadger is (archaic) a hawker or peddler.

almsman

English

Noun

(almsmen)
  • (obsolete) One who depends on the receipt of alms, a beggar.

    • cadger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A hawker or peddler.
  • * 1928 , D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover
    • He was not a regular gondolier, so he had none of the cadger and prostitute about him.
  • (sometimes, Geordie) A beggar.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • The gentleman cadger .

    See also

    * cadge * codger

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