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cadge
1[ kaj ]
verb (used with object)
- to obtain by imposing on another's generosity or friendship.
- to borrow without intent to repay.
- to beg or obtain by begging.
verb (used without object)
- to ask, expect, or encourage another person to pay for or provide one's drinks, meals, etc.
- to beg.
cadge
2[ kaj ]
noun
- a frame on which hawks are carried to the field.
cadge
/ kædʒ /
verb
- to get (food, money, etc) by sponging or begging
noun
- a person who cadges
- on the cadge informal.on the cadge engaged in cadging
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- cadger noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cadge1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cadge1
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Example Sentences
Sir Cadge was about the same age as the famous beauty, and rose quite two inches above her lofty head.
You can ask anybody in Bursley or Hanbridge whether I'm the sort of man to go out on the cadge.
Thus the inevitable informing larrikin, eager to cadge a drink from the tourist on shore leave.
Mr. Cadge retired from the office of senior surgeon on October 4th.
"Them as 'as a good paying business don't know wot it means to look for a job," pursued Cadge bitterly.
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