cadge
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cadge¹
- /kæd͡ʒ/
Rhymes with -ædʒ
Where it comes from
From Middle English caggen (“to tie, fasten, bind”), probably from Old Norse. Compare Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt”), kǫgurbarn (“swaddled child”).
verb cadges · cadging · cadgin · cadged
- To tie, fasten.
- To beg. 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
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To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?
Similar: scrounge, bum, beg, blag, cadge, leech, mooch, mump, scunge, sponge, tap, wheedle
cadge²
- /kæd͡ʒ/
Rhymes with -ædʒ
Where it comes from
Likely a corruption of cage.
noun cadges
- A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
verb cadges · cadging · cadgin · cadged
- To carry hawks and other birds of prey. For quotations using this term, see Citations:cadge.
- To carry, as a burden. Another Atlas that will cadge a whole world of iniuries without fainting.
- To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
Translations
Talk about this word "cadge." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cadge. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cadge. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cadge "cadge." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cadge.Cite this
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