Cadge Word Meaning

Etymology:

early 17th century (in the dialect sense ‘carry about’): back-formation from the noun cadger, which dates from the late 15th century, denoting (in northern English and Scots) an itinerant dealer, whence the verb sense ‘hawk, peddle’, giving rise to the current verb senses from the early 19th century

Audio Pronunciation:

Definition:

ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled)

Short Definition:

ask for or obtain

Examples:

• he cadged fivers off old school friends

Etymology:

apparently an alteration of cage, perhaps confused with the dialect verb cadge ‘carry about’

Audio Pronunciation:

Definition:

a padded wooden frame on which hooded hawks are carried to the field.

Short Definition:

padded wooden frame on which hooded hawks are carried to field