[1910–15; cage + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blackout, carbon cycle, coverage, isotope, radio-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'cager' in a sentence
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She gave him one of her sensitive, caring therapist looks: Mama Isabelle, cager to relieve him of his anguish.