Cadge

/kæd͡ʒ/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive, obsolete) To tie, fasten..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, obsolete) To tie, fasten.
2. (Geordie) To beg.
3. (US, British, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
4. (falconry) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
5. To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
6. (UK, Scotland, dialect) To carry, as a burden.
7. (UK, Scotland, dialect) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.

Example Sentences

Cadging on the fly is a profitable occupation in the vicinity of bathing places, and large towns. A person of this description frequently gets many shillings in the course of the day

Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?

1960, Lionel Bart, “Food, Glorious Food,” song from the musical Oliver! There’s not a crust, not a crumb can we find, can we beg, can we borrow, or cadge […]

They moved about the bar incessantly, cadging cigarettes and drinks, with something behind their eyes at once terribly vulnerable and terribly hard.

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Another Atlas that will cadge a whole world of iniuries without fainting.

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Word Forms

• cadges
• cadging
• cadgin
• cadged

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