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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Fadge, faj, v.i. to agree: to succeed, turn out well.
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"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."
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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.
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"Soda,"—common flour bread, never in the shape of a loaf, but bread that lay flat on the griddle; "pirta oaten"—made of flour and oatmeal; and "fadge"—potato bread.
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The whey was sufficient and nearly everybody had "a dhrap o' th' craither" and a bite of fadge.
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