cadge
IPA: kˈædʒ
noun
- (falconry) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
verb
- (Tyneside) To beg.
- (US, Britain, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
- To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) To carry, as a burden.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.
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Examples of "cadge" in Sentences
- The men cadged upon their boss.
- They are not able to cadge money.
- I cadged money to record a small tape.
- They should not have cadged upon their parents.
- He cadged a big item from the benefactor group.
- He did not want to cadge money from his friends.
- The little children tend to cadge upon their parents.
- If there's anything you want to cadge from it, feel free
- Little men were not supposed to cadge upon the higher official.