Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Cadger

Cadger , noun

[From Cadge, transitive verb, compare Codger.]

1.
A packman or itinerant huckster.
2.
One who gets his living by trickery or begging. [Prov. or Slang]
The gentleman cadger. — Dickens

Cadger , noun

[Old French cagier one who catches hawks. Compare Cage.]

(Hawking) One who carries hawks on a cadge.