What's the difference between cadger and moocher?

Cadger


Definition:

  • (v. t.) A packman or itinerant huckster.
  • (v. t.) One who gets his living by trickery or begging.
  • (n.) One who carries hawks on a cadge.

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Moocher


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Now, as Romney admits, the wealthy deem virtually half the voting public as irredeemably shiftless moochers.
  • (2) Cavuto: Others have said that you just kissed half the electorate goodbye, that you all but called them moochers: did you?
  • (3) Given Rand's association with plutocrats – she depicted captains of industry as "producers" besieged by parasitic "moochers" – the headquarters are unexpectedly modest.

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