cadge
Etymology

Possibly a corruption of cage, from Old French -.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /kæd͡ʒ/
Noun

cadge (plural cadges)

  1. (falconry) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
Verb

cadge (cadges, present participle cadging; simple past and past participle cadged)

  1. (Geordie) To beg.
    • 1839, Glasgow Society, Report for Repressing Juvenile Delinquency:
      Cadging on the fly is a profitable occupation in the vicinity of bathing places, and large towns. A person of this description frequently gets many shillings in the course of the day
  2. (US, British, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
    Synonyms: scrounge, bum, Thesaurus:scrounge
    Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?
    • 1956, James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room, Penguin, published 2001, Part One, Chapter 2:
      They moved about the bar incessantly, cadging cigarettes and drinks, with something behind their eyes at once terribly vulnerable and terribly hard.
    • 1960, Lionel Bart, “Food, Glorious Food,” song from the musical Oliver!
      There’s not a crust, not a crumb can we find,
      can we beg, can we borrow, or cadge […]
  3. To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
  4. (UK, Scotland, dialect) To carry, as a burden.
  5. (UK, Scotland, dialect) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
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