fadge

/ (fædʒ) /


verb(intr) archaic, or dialect
  1. to agree

  2. to succeed

noun
  1. NZ a package of wool in a wool-bale that weighs less than 100 kilograms

Origin of fadge

1
C16: of uncertain origin

Words Nearby fadge

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How to use fadge in a sentence

  • But has anyone suggested that another than fadge was capable of that masterpiece?'

    New Grub Street | George Gissing
  • fadge is an offensive fellow, when he likes; and I fancy he very often does like.

    New Grub Street | George Gissing
  • And if I get allied with fadge, no doubt Yule will involve me in his savage feeling.

    New Grub Street | George Gissing
  • I shouldn't like to think that you regard me as a fadge-like individual, a natural Fadgeite.'

    New Grub Street | George Gissing
  • And you must also have heard that fadge leaves The Study at the end of this year, eh?'

    New Grub Street | George Gissing