cadge

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To tie, fasten.

2. 2

   To beg.

   • 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
3. 3

   To obtain something by wit or guile

   To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.

   • Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?
   • They moved about the bar incessantly, cadging cigarettes and drinks, with something behind their eyes at once terribly vulnerable and terribly hard.
   • 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 […]
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   1. 4

      A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.

   2. 5

      To carry hawks and other birds of prey.

      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:cadge.
   3. 6

      To carry, as a burden.

      • Another Atlas that will cadge a whole world of iniuries without fainting.
   4. 7

      To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.

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