Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cadge"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cadge \Cadge\, n. [Cf. 2d {Cadger}.] (Hawking)
A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cadge \Cadge\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Cadged}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Cadging}.] [Cf. Scot. cache, caich, cadge, to toss,
drive, OE. cachen to drive, catch, caggen to bind, or perh.
E. cage. Cf. {Cadger}.]
1. To carry, as a burden. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Halliwell.
2. To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc. [Prov.]
3. To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg. [Prov. or
Slang, Eng.] --Wright.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cadge
v 1: ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: {mooch}, {bum}, {grub},
{sponge}]
2: obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling [syn: {scrounge}]
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