Meaning cadge
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cadge"to beg" (1812), "to get by begging" (1848), of uncertain origin, perhaps a back-formation from cadger "itinerant dealer with a pack-horse" (mid-15c.), which is perhaps f [..]
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cadge(v) ask for and get free; be a parasite(v) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
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cadgeA frame serving as a perch used to carry several birds at once. Cast
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cadge, v. to carry about anything for sale.
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(falconry) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
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*'''1897''' ''So Donkin, unrebuked, cursed enough for two, cadged for matches, borrowed tobacco, and loafed for hours, very much at home before the stove.'' — Joseph Conrad, ''The Nigge [..]
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