gridler

noun

1. One who gridles (sings as a form of begging).

   “Professional singers are paid according to the richness, sweetness, and compass of their voices, but the gridler's profit increases as his vocal powers decline.”

   “The consequence was that the gridler proposed they should work together. Davies consented, although he did not yet know what the work might be.”

   “Others who relied on their ability to tell a heartrending tale were the 'gridlers' and 'chanters', whose misfortunes would even engage the sympathies of a pawnbroker.”