Cadge Definition

kăj

cadged, cadges, cadging

verb

cadged, cadges, cadging

To beg or get by begging.

American Heritage

To beg or get by begging; sponge.

Webster's New World

(US, UK, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince someone to do something they might not normally do.

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To carry hawks and other birds of prey.

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(UK, Scotland, dialect) To carry, as a burden.

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noun

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

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Other Word Forms of Cadge

Singular:

cadge

Plural:

Perhaps back-formation from obsolete cadger peddler from Middle English cadgear

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Possibly a corruption of cage, from Old French.

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