| 单词 | cadger |
| 例句 | There are some good friends of mine who could buy up your theatre and you and your miserable little soul at a moment's notice, and to look at them you would think they were cadgers. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z The rooms were filthy; and upon entering them in succession, the women and children commenced in the cadgers' whine to beg. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z I told ye, ye know, that ‘the king, might come in the cadger’s way.’ From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z There the professional cadger toasted a herring, while his companions cooked scraps of meat or toasted cheese. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z Suddenly the kitchen door creaked and opened, and the drunken cadger—alias Mr. Zimoveykin—timidly thrust in his head, cautiously sniffing round the place as his habit was. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z And yet the cadgers could scarce have been to the market and back again already? No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Some cadgers save very considerable sums of money; but these are very few, compared with the great number who live by this trade of beggary. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z The clamp-clamp of a cadger's tired-out horse and the rattle of an empty cart sound loud and long in the deserted street. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z Some weeks back, about as dirty an old cadger as it has ever been my fate to encounter, pointed you out to me on the road, and told me the greatest part of your history.” The Parson O' Dumford The drunken cadger—alias Mr. Zimoveykin—was there now, too, he met Semyon Ivanovitch, made a fearful fuss, took him by the arm, and led him into the thickest part of the crowd. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z Go down to the back door, and stay about there till you see cadger Jack’s sister. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Match-sellers, as well as all other cadgers, often get what they call 'a back-door cant;' that is, anything they can carry off where they beg, or offer their matches for sale.' Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z He was pointed out to me as the ‘gentleman cadger,’ because he was so free with his money when ‘in luck.’ Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. At the door, or busily employed among the guests, is mine host, and his female companion:—“old cadgers” both, but stalwart, and able to maintain the “respectability” of the house. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 This drunken cadger was a thoroughly bad lot, insolent and cringing, and it seemed evident that he had got round Semyon Ivanovitch in some way. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z I was just in the act of explaining things to Massey up by the Buckstone when your letter came—that carried in the cadger’s wooden leg.” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z "Nothing," replied the monarch, "but the king cam' in the cadger's way—and Sir Andrew Gut-thrie and his bonny bride shall be provided for." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III The proverb says 'there is much ado when cadgers ride.' A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing The list contains the most meritorious of the poor: and as the relief given is of the greatest value, it is the relief most sought after by “cadgers” and impostors. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 I liked him too ... but I'll never forget that it was him that turned us into a nation of cadgers. Changing Winds A Novel At this all eyes turned eagerly upon the cadgers. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z The stranger laughed, and repeated the adage— "Why—the king may come in the cadger's way." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III No paltry, scrubby track cadger was this resplendent gentleman, but a picturesque rogue, with impudence as pronounced as his jewels! The Strollers In ordinarily well managed parishes, impostors, cadgers, and mendicants have no chance of obtaining relief in money. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 They found a decent, generous race in Ireland," Marsh exclaimed, "and they've turned it into a race of cadgers. Changing Winds A Novel Stepping out into the middle of the causeway, he confronted the cadger party, and brought it to a stop, with the interrogation: “Whence come you, my worthy people?” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z The code of hospitality amongst Indians being such a liberal one, even the palpable cadgers are not sent away empty. India and the Indians The beggar and the cadger were no longer sure of a meal. Vixen, Volume II. This is the way the ladies ride, Jimp and sma',—" a smooth ride, then a rough trot,— "This is the way the cadgers ride. The Nursery Rhyme Book There isn't a man in Boveyhayne who is pretending to be a fisherman and is really a cadger on summer visitors. Changing Winds A Novel “Enough,” said, or rather thought, Birch, who, after a whispered word with the colossal trooper, gave permission for the cadger party to pass on over the bridge. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z The king may come in the cadger's gait. The Proverbs of Scotland Oh, very well, my good soul; please yourself," replied the Captain carelessly; "but remember what I have told you about cadgers and interlopers; and get rid of two or three of those idle young women. Vixen, Volume II. A mean fellow, more properly cadger; one in everybody's mess, but in no one's watch. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Brakes, wagonettes, omnibuses, private carriages, and cadger's carts all loaded to their utmost, were climbing out of Douglas by way of the road to Peel. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Now I know why, having got the information from our cadger friends. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z A beggar is not etymologically one who begs, or a cadger one who cadges. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) One minute there would be a would-be viveur, in sleek dress clothes; then along comes a cadger; then along comes a warrior from the battlefield. Nights in London He never kept that event a secret; and, on such occasions, what could any honest-hearted cadger do, but offer their pouch to the willing old lad? Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves With that we rose to be going, and had a glass, and the captain's last words were—"Ye'll mind yon: 'I'm not wanting the wean to grow up like a cadger's dog.'" The McBrides A Romance of Arran But the cadgers had found no difficulty in passing this guard, either at going in, or coming out. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z I hope it will come soon, or the old girl at the inn here will think we’re cadgers. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life You may meet policemen, chauffeurs, printers, toughs, the boy and girl who have been to a gallery and want to finish the night in proper style, and—the cadgers. Nights in London “Honour among thieves!” thought we, and here’s fair play among cadgers. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves “The most charming lady in Ireland,” were the words that rang in my ears; and who was I—common seaman, sneak, and cadger—to aspire to such as her? Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 And that same morning the cadgers, hastily summoned from their home at Ruardean, had been despatched to Monmouth market: Jack, or rather the sister, with secret instructions, and Jinkum with full panniers. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Moved by the same desire, the cadger's horse wanted to go in exactly the opposite direction. Alec Forbes of Howglen Ilk smack still, did crack still, Just like a cadger’s whip, Then staggering and swaggering He roar’d this ditty up— AIR. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham The females—the most of whom cohabited with the men now in the kitchen—were a miscellaneous set; cadgers, flower-girls, servants out of place—or of that class denominated unfortunate. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves The most scandalous stories were circulated, and Wagner came to be thought not only a charlatan cadger living on the State funds, but one who used those funds to satisfy his carnal and other appetites. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas Despite the evident hurry the cadger was in, no thwack of stick accompanied the words. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z She might have her passing caprices and her loose and flippant mode of talking, but she wasn't going to be a failure, a cadger, a parasite, a "fallen" woman. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement He abhorred a cadger; he abhorred the very sight of the begging circulars which so appreciably increase the postman's daily burden. A Dream of the North Sea Pray give something to yonder sham cripple; give to that cadger who pretends to have lost an arm; and be sure you don't forget that blind young man leaning on his father's arm! The Roman Question The first consists of the people who will not go to the theatre without an order, but do not expect first-night tickets—one may call them the "cadgers." Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" “Well,” proceeded the cadger, “it be most all ’bout politicks there now, wi’ rumours o’ war, they say be a brewin’. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z There were twelve or twenty little groups of men in the square, which was lighted by a flare of oil suspended over a cadger's cart. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 The king's errand may come the cadger's gate yet. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character But to do that has aye been a favorite trick of cadgers and beggars. Between You and Me Volumes have been written about the "cadgers," and countless stories told. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" Rob Wilde knew them both; had long ago recognised the one that held speech with the cadger, and had reason to feel keenly apprehensive as he listened. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z And, ah! the set upon his phiz At meals defies expression; For I confess that Rover is A cadger by profession. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens The king will come in the cadger's road some day. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Single-horse traffickers, called cadgers, plied between the country towns and the villages, supplying the inhabitants with salt, fish, earthenware, and articles of clothing, which they carried in sacks or creels hung across their horses' backs. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain A woman mysteriously sitting up all night in the dark by the smouldering ashes of the kitchen fire, says it's only tramps and cadgers here; it's gonophs over the way. Reprinted Pieces “We’re in for it now, Win,” said Rob, to the cadger’s sister, after seeing them depart. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Then there is that generous party, the cadger's delight, who is so free with his small change, but who never thinks of paying his debts. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Vilest amongst the vile, he had been cast forth from the haunts of beggars and reprobates, as no fitting company for honourable thieves or cadgers of good repute. Charlotte's Inheritance In such times of insubordination as these, my lord," said Mr Cairns, "when every cadger thinks himself as good as an earl, it is more than desirable that not a single foothold should be lost. Malcolm Like all childless Romans of independent means she was the object of unblushing and overwhelming attentions from countless legacy cadgers. The Unwilling Vestal On along the streets passed the cadger party; Jack urging Jinkum to haste by a succession of vociferous “yee-ups,” and now and then a sharp touch of the stick. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z If you gently push the swing-door ajar and peer in you draw upon yourself the contemptuous looks of the barmaid, who at once puts you down in the same category with area sneaks and cadgers. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Well, nothing would suit, but the dustman must have a go, and pitch into the cadger. Sketches by Seymour — Volume 05 "Not me," answered the fish cadger, with a grin. The Little Minister He has the air of a cadger, and no one pays him heed. Under Fire: the story of a squad Then, thinking it odd he saw nothing of the cadger’s sister, and noticing the gap leading into the quarry, it occurred to him she might be there. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Poor Mr Goldsworthy, incurable cadger that he was, was bound to feel the family reverses acutely. Sisters A cadger sweeping a crossing fell out with a dustman. Sketches by Seymour — Volume 05 "O cadger, why not answer me when I first called to thee?" The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 I saw that all the men in these slums, cadgers, pickpockets, hooligans, are all, in the deepest sense, trying to be good. The Club of Queer Trades Getting within sight of the city’s gate, the cadgers could see it was shut, drawbridge up, and portcullis down. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Better so than be smothered like a cadger's pony in some flow-moss, or snow-wreath, which was like to be his fate if this winter campaign lasted longer. A Legend of Montrose "In my young days," said the old lady, "a man wad hae been ashamed to come back frae the hill without a buck hanging on each side o' his horse, like a cadger carrying calves." The Black Dwarf There was nothing minded but the riding of cadgers by day, and excisemen by night—and battles between the smugglers and the king's men, both by sea and land. The Annals of the Parish; or, the chronicle of Dalmailing during the ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder The wicket was at the same time drawn open, and the cadger party passed over and in. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z |
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