ˈkajə(r)ˌ-aaj- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English cadgear, from caggen, cagen to tie + -ear, -er -er; perhaps from the hitching of the horse used for transporting wares
1. chiefly Scotland : carrier ; especially : a dealer who takes dairy produce to the towns and town wares to the country
2. chiefly Scotland : an itinerant huckster or street seller
3. : one that cadges
a most celebrated cadger of drinks — Allan Temko
4.
[ cadge (II) + -er ]
: one that carries hawks on a cadge