fadge
Britishverb
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to agree
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to succeed
noun
Etymology
Origin of fadge
C16: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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After landing, they all went to the Northern Counties Hotel, where a good breakfast was ordered, consisting of fresh herrings, coffee, eggs, fadge and honey.
From Sarah's First Start in Life. by Campbell, Adelaide M. G.
I am quite reconciled to your opinions on the income-tax, and am not at all in despair at the prospect of keeping �200 a year in my pocket, since the ministers can fadge without it.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
"Her owsen may dee in the house, billie, And her kye into the byre, And I sall hae naething to mysel, But a fat fadge by the fire."
From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee
"Her oxen may dye i' the house, billie, And her kye into the byre,30 And I sall hae nothing to mysell, Bot a fat fadge by the fyre."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
“Her oxen may dye i’ the house, billie,And her kye into the byre;And I sall hae nothing to mysellBot a fat fadge by the fyre.”
From A Collection of Ballads by Lang, Andrew
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