Associations to the word «Cadge»
Adverb
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Wiktionary
CADGE, noun. (falconry) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
CADGE, verb. (Geordie) To beg.
CADGE, verb. (US) (British) (slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince someone to do something they might not normally do.
CADGE, verb. To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
CADGE, verb. (UK) (Scotland) (dialect) To carry, as a burden.
CADGE, verb. (UK) (Scotland) (dialect) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
CADGE, verb. (UK) (Scotland) (dialect) To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.
Dictionary definition
CADGE, verb. Ask for and get free; be a parasite.
CADGE, verb. Obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.