Heading
say one's prayers'); calcheggiare (also = to steal).
Cadge-Cloak or Gloak, subs. (old).—A
beggar. For synonyms, see
Cadger.
1791. Carew, Life and Adventures of Bamphylde-Moore Carew. Cadge-cloak, curtal, or curmudgeon; no Whip-Jack, palliard, patrico . . . nor any other will I suffer.
Cadger, subs. (common).—Primarily
a carrier, pedlar, or
itinerant dealer; now mainly
applied to a whining beggar;
also, occasionally, a 'sponger,'
snide (q.v.), or 'mean man' (see
quots.). [From cadge (q.v.) +
er.]
English Synonyms. Abram man; croaker, Abraham cove; Tom of Bedlam; Bedlam beggar; maunderer, moucher; pikey; traveller; turnpike, or dry land sailor; scoldrum; shyster; Shivering James; silver beggar; skipper-bird; mumper; paper-worker; goose-shearer; master of the black art; durrynacker.
French Synonyms. Un trucheur, or un trucheux (Old Cant, from truc, which see under Cadge); un marcandier or une marcandière (thieves'; a variety of the mendicant tribe which is described in le Jargon de l'Argot as 'those who journey with a great purse by their side, with a pretty good coat, and a cloak on their shoulders, pretending they have met with robbers who have stolen all their money); les millards. (Old Cant); un bêcheur; une comète (popular: 'a comet'—one here and there); les callots; un enfant de la loupe (thieves'); un loupiat (popular); un mendigot (thieves'); un lartin (Old Cant).
German Synonyms. Dalfon (see Cadge); Techtbrud (Viennese thieves'); Gomol (from the Hebrew, and used only as a nickname); Hochstappler (a beggar cheat who has seen better days. Cf., Stappler and Linkstappler); Linkstappler (a beggar by means of false papers; a dealer in sham lottery tickets; or a 'snide' collector for purposes of charity); Pracher (possibly from the Hebrew berocha, 'a blessing,' in allusion to the mumper's benediction; Schnallendrücker (from Schnalle = 'an untruth,' 'cheating,' or 'deception,' + Trecker, one who pulls); Schnurrer (see under Cadge); Stabeler (see under Cadge); Standjunge (a beggar frequenting markets, fairs, and public processions).
Italian Synonyms. Campagno di calca (campagno = companion or comrade, calca = 'crowd'); calco (see preceding); corteggiano or cortigiano (literally 'a courtier'); cavorante di scarpe (literally 'working shoes'; specially applied to a beggar who is also a pickpocket); granchetto (especially one who patters in flash (q.v.); truccante (also = a thief); guido or guidone (literally 'a guide'; also = a 'dog' or a 'companion'); incatinato an old and decrepit beggar's boy-leader. Literally one put up or hung up in chains).
Spanish Synonym. Chita (a nickname for a deformed vagrant or beggar).
1821.—W. T. Moncrieff, Tom and Jerry, Act ii., Sc. 6. Cadgers make holiday, Hey, for the maunder's joys, Let pious ones fast and pray, They save us the trouble, my boys.
1851.—Mayhew, Lon. Lab. and Lon. Poor, I., 339. A street seller nowadays is
