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Definition of Cadge
1. Verb. Ask for and get free; be a parasite.
Generic synonyms: Obtain
Specialized synonyms: Freeload
Derivative terms: Bum, Cadger, Moocher, Sponge, Sponger
2. Verb. Obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling. "He is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends"
Definition of Cadge
1. v. t. & i. To carry, as a burden.
2. n. A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
Definition of Cadge
1. Noun. (context: falconry) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale. ¹
2. Verb. (context: Geordie) To beg. ¹
3. Verb. (US British slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince someone to do something they might not normally do. ¹
4. Verb. To carry hawks and other birds of prey. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cadge
1. to get by begging [v CADGED, CADGING, CADGES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cadge
Literary usage of Cadge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"2. mend ¡cate (rare); spec, quest (AC Ch.), cadge (dial, or slang). ... cadge,
cant (literary), quest (RC Ch,). begetter, n. author (in "author of one's ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1874)
"cadge, Surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, relates (Brit. Med. Journ., Oct.
11, 1873) the results of his own personal observation and experience of ..."
3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1879)
"By WILLIAM cadge, Esq., Senior Surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
When I first became aware of the views of Prof. Bigelow on the treatment of ..."
4. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"The profession of cadging or begging. —St.- verbal sense. 1813. JH VAUX, Flash
Dictionary. The cadge is the game or profession of begging. 1832-53. ..."
5. The American Probate Reports: Containing Recent Cases of General Value (1884)
"Goods of Syker, LR 3 P. & D. 26; Goods of cadge, LR 1 P. & M. 543; Van Buren v.
Cockburn, 14 Barb. 118; Dench v. Bench, 25 WR 414; Goods of Adamson, ..."
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