cadger's

Ye'll see them i 'the mornin' gaen awa 'berfit to the skule, an' a seerip piece i 'their hand, wi' fient o 'hand or face o' them washen, an 'their claes as greasy as a cadger's pooch.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

There were twelve or twenty little groups of men in the square, which was lit by a flare of oil suspended over a cadger's cart.

Auld Licht Idylls 1898

There were twelve or twenty little groups of men in the square, which was lit by a flare of oil suspended over a cadger's cart.

Auld Licht Idyls 1898

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 1893

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

The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892

You are to remember that I knew no more of my descent than any cadger's dog; my uncle, to be sure, had prated of some of our high connections, but nothing to the present purpose; and there was nothing left me but that bitter disgrace of owning that I could not tell.

Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour 1886

There were twelve or twenty little groups of men in the square, which was lit by a flare of oil suspended over a cadger's cart.

Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878

You are to remember that I knew no more of my descent than any cadger's dog; my uncle, to be sure, had prated of some of our high connections, but nothing to the present purpose; and there was nothing left me but that bitter disgrace of owning that I could not tell.

Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

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 1871

Moved by the same desire, the cadger's horse wanted to go in exactly the opposite direction.

Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864