cadger

Definitions

A person who habitually asks for or obtains things from others without paying for them.

A peddler or itinerant seller of small goods.

Examples

The local cadger spent his afternoons outside the cafe, hoping to solicit spare change from passing tourists.

He was known as a persistent cadger who would always show up at dinner time hoping for a free meal.

Synonyms

panhandler moocher scrounger beggar freeloader sponger parasite

Antonyms

giver donor benefactor philanthropist provider contributor patron