fadge

/ (fædʒ) /

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verb (intr) archaic, or dialect

to agree

to succeed

noun

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

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Word Origin for fadge

C16: of uncertain origin

Words nearby fadge

fadeless, Faden suture, fade-out, fader, Fadeyev, fadge, fading, FAdm, fado, fadometer, fae

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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