cadge

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kædʒ/

Noun

cadge (plural cadges)

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

Verb

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

1. (Geordie) To beg.

   "Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?"

2. (US, British, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
   • 1956, James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room, Penguin, 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.
6. (UK, Scotland, dialect) To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.

Translations

• Russian: выманить

Synonyms

• (obtain from others) scrounge, bum

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