cadge

UK /kæd͡ʒ/ US /kæd͡ʒ/
verb 6noun 1

Definitions

verb

1

To tie, fasten.

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

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.

noun

1

A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.

verb

1

To carry hawks and other birds of prey.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cadge.

2

To carry, as a burden.

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

3

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

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