cadger

/ˈkædʒər/
noun
  1. A person who habitually asks for or takes things from others without paying or returning them; a beggar or moocher.
    • The neighborhood cadger was always knocking on doors asking for a cup of sugar.
    • Nobody wanted to sit next to the cadger at lunch because he would always ask for a bite of their food.
    • She called him a cadger after he borrowed money for the third time and never paid it back.
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