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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CADGE, v.t. To carry a burden.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge]
2: obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends" [syn: schnorr, shnorr, scrounge, cadge]

Merriam Webster's

verb (cadged; cadging) Etymology: back-formation from Scots cadger carrier, huckster, from Middle English cadgear Date: circa 1812 beg, sponge <cadge a free cup of coffee> • cadger noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. get or seek by begging. 2 intr. beg. Derivatives: cadger n. Etymology: 19th c., earlier = ? bind, carry: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cadge Cadge, n. [Cf. 2d Cadger.] (Hawking) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cadges, cadging, cadged) If someone cadges food, money, or help from you, they ask you for it and succeed in getting it. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL) Can I cadge a cigarette?... He could cadge a ride from somebody. = scrounge VERB: V n, V n from/off n

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To beg. Cadge the swells; beg of the gentlemen.