cadge

Plural: cadges

Verb

Verb Forms: cadged, cadging, cadges

• To beg or get by asking; to sponge off others.
• ask for and get free; be a parasite
• obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
• To beg.
• To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
• To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
• To carry, as a burden.
• To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.

Noun

• A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.

Examples

• Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?
• He tried to CADGE a few extra points by playing a common, low-value word.

Synonyms

bum, grub, mooch, schnorr, scrounge, shnorr, sponge, beg, blag, cadge, leech, tap, wheedle

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