cadger
Never pays back
A cadger is someone who habitually mooches or scrounges—getting food, money, or other things by asking rather than earning or buying.
The word carries mild contempt, suggesting persistent low-stakes begging: He's a cadger who's always bumming cigarettes.
The verb cadge means to obtain something this way.
One exploiting others' generosity
sponge · bludger · deadbeat · borrower · hanger-on · taker · user · schnorrer
One who begs publicly
- mendicantOne who begs
- alms-seekerOne who requests charity
- vagrantHomeless itinerant person
- destituteUtterly without means
impoverished · pauper · pleading · soliciting · down-and-out · indigent · needy · handout
Roving vocal merchant
- vendorOne who sells goods
- itinerantMoving for work
- door-to-doorDirectly between residences
- hucksterAggressive, unscrupulous peddler
traveling · salesman · tradesman · chapman · packman · tinker · dealer · pitch
Skilled at deception
- craftyCleverly deceptive
- shrewdPractically clever, perceptive
- slyCleverly deceptive
- artfulCleverly deceptive
scheming · wheedling · manipulative · cajoling · ingratiating · guileful · persuasive · flattering
freeloader
One exploiting others' generosity
bum · sponge · bludger · deadbeat · borrower · hanger-on · taker · user · schnorrer · imposition
panhandler
One who begs publicly
- mendicantOne who begs
- alms-seekerOne who requests charity
- vagrantHomeless itinerant person
destitute · impoverished · pauper · pleading · soliciting · down-and-out · indigent · needy · handout · dispossessed
hawker
Roving vocal merchant
- vendorOne who sells goods
- itinerantMoving for work
- door-to-doorDirectly between residences
huckster · traveling · salesman · tradesman · chapman · packman · tinker · dealer · pitch · wares
wily
Skilled at deception
artful · scheming · wheedling · manipulative · cajoling · ingratiating · guileful · persuasive · flattering · coaxing
old-fashioned
Belonging to earlier times
dialectal · bygone · quaint · Victorian · Dickensian · historical · literary · British · Scottish · regional
cadgerbenefactor
One who gives aid
giver · donor · philanthropist · patron · provider
cadgerprovider
One who furnishes things
breadwinner · earner · hard worker · independent · self-starter