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Definition of cadge in English: cadgeverb kadʒkædʒ [with object]British informal Ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled) he cadged fivers off old school friends Example sentencesExamples - The next morning he called a friend, told him what had happened, and cadged a lift into the city centre to sign on, the court heard.
- He had cadged the production dollars by promising the producer a two-for-one deal that never came.
- He felt awkward and cold stood on the pavement outside the club, dressed as a woman, clutching his three pack of chocolate oranges, as one-by-one the various people he could possibly have cadged a lift from disappeared.
- Owing money and at a dead-end, she decides to head to Phoenix to cadge some dough from her ex-best friend Lavinia, now an arch-conservative with two children and a husband who knows nothing of her past.
- But first I cadged for myself two thick and hefty wood-chopping sections of beautifully grained cypress; what a difference that makes in the firewood chopping ritual!
- The latter may in fact end up in the back garden, joining one we intend to transplant from the front, and another that we've cadged from a neighbour.
- Tyndrum must be one of the easiest places in Scotland to cadge a ride.
- At Brunton Park on Tuesday night, the cheeky talisman was taken for a ride around the pitch after cadging a lift in a sponsored car positioned in front of the main stand prior to kick-off.
- He and Nolan cadged free rides on trams driven by Nolan's father.
- I don't remember how I got there, but I suppose I must have cadged a lift from someone.
- The boy used to cadge cigarettes from Taylor but they lost touch only to run into each other more than a year later when the victim was aged 15-years-old.
- Well, for a start, I've only ever been a very occasional smoker - I cadge cigarettes off people when I'm very drunk and then always regret it the next morning when I not only wake up with a thumping hangover, but also with a mouth like an ashtray.
- She swooped through the now-closed restaurant and cadged a glass of red wine.
- I cadged a lift back to the station in Roger's car, which was kind of him.
- So they cadged meetings with 86 luminaries, successful leaders in an eclectic array of professions.
- You may be able to cadge a tin of warm water for shaving.
- People started to cadge invitations to see our au pair, and across the nation we British were briefly seized by the same deeply embarrassing tropical madness.
- It only took six days to run out of money, and then everyone got together and cadged money off relatives to continue the shoot.
- They get the chance to cadge a bit of his energy and charisma.
- This is a preamble to confessing that, like Jackie, I cadged a few puffs of a fat Cuban on Christmas Day.
Synonyms scrounge, beg, borrow informal bum, touch someone for, sponge British informal scab Scottish informal sorn on someone for North American informal mooch Australian/New Zealand informal bludge
noun kadʒkædʒ Falconry A padded wooden frame on which hooded hawks are carried to the field. Example sentencesExamples - You cannot keep your hawk on the cadge for ever -- ah, nor hood her for ever!
- I would carry the hooded birds on the cadge, cast them off then fold it up and put it into my vest.
- So when falcons were carried on the cadge you could quickly see the required falcon by the colour of the eye panels and the type of feathers in its plume.
- Five lovely barbaries were assembled on the cadge.
- He was not paid except for tips he could get from spectators by telling hunting stories about some of the falcons on the cadge.
Phrases informal Looking for an opportunity to obtain something without paying for it. they're all liars and on the cadge Example sentencesExamples - The pool barman was constantly on the cadge for a tip and even appeared at our room when we were packing, cheeky git.
- In the village he introduced himself - he was on the cadge for a torque wrench.
- The guy on the till actually said that he came in every night on the cadge and was often given a cigarella free by the staff.
- Talking about butter, my music teacher at Caerwedros was always on the cadge for my butter, shop ration.
- Mind you there'd be the odd one or two coming along and we'd mutter - here's Mrs so & so on the cadge again.
- Most punks I came into contact were actually OK, probably because most of them were always skint (I don't work, I'm a punk!) and were on the cadge for a pint.
- She moved to the side to let me in without hardly a hello, leaving me feeling like I was on the cadge for a free bourbon and some hot tea to make a change from hanging out at the library with the rest of the tramps.
- He is on the cadge again as he looks to put the final touches to his squad before next Sunday's transfer deadline.
- Admittedly, Thomas was often on the cadge but he seems always to have re-paid his debts.
- With that the young man set out on the cadge.
Derivatives noun ˈkadʒə A letter written on February 16th, 1953, to the ailing Welsh poet, who in fact died later that year, offering what small mead of help he could, draws back the veil upon an aspect of the Cymric cadger hitherto well hidden. Example sentencesExamples - A famous cadger, he had a kamikaze predilection for turning on benefactors and friends.
- A cadger is a carrier who travels between town and country with butter, eggs, and shop-wares or someone who sells things in the street.
- A self-confessed cadger from Dersingham has been given a huge thank you by the personnel for the support she has given to their Kenyan appeal.
- For ages the trunk road from east to west passed close by, the old hotel at Kingswell ‘Cadgers’ Knowe, marks the camping ground of cadgers and humbler folks.
Origin 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. The first recorded use of cadge was the English dialect sense ‘to carry about’. This was formed from the noun cadger, which had existed since the late 15th century and meant, in northern English and Scots, ‘a pedlar or dealer who travelled between town and country’. From this developed the verb sense ‘to hawk or peddle’ and eventually the modern sense, ‘to ask for something that you are not strictly entitled to’. Codger, meaning an elderly man, is probably a variant of cadger.
Definition of cadge in US English: cadgeverbkajkædʒ [with object]British informal Ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled) he eats whenever he can cadge a meal no object they cadge, but timidly Example sentencesExamples - Owing money and at a dead-end, she decides to head to Phoenix to cadge some dough from her ex-best friend Lavinia, now an arch-conservative with two children and a husband who knows nothing of her past.
- People started to cadge invitations to see our au pair, and across the nation we British were briefly seized by the same deeply embarrassing tropical madness.
- The boy used to cadge cigarettes from Taylor but they lost touch only to run into each other more than a year later when the victim was aged 15-years-old.
- You may be able to cadge a tin of warm water for shaving.
- It only took six days to run out of money, and then everyone got together and cadged money off relatives to continue the shoot.
- Well, for a start, I've only ever been a very occasional smoker - I cadge cigarettes off people when I'm very drunk and then always regret it the next morning when I not only wake up with a thumping hangover, but also with a mouth like an ashtray.
- So they cadged meetings with 86 luminaries, successful leaders in an eclectic array of professions.
- He felt awkward and cold stood on the pavement outside the club, dressed as a woman, clutching his three pack of chocolate oranges, as one-by-one the various people he could possibly have cadged a lift from disappeared.
- She swooped through the now-closed restaurant and cadged a glass of red wine.
- But first I cadged for myself two thick and hefty wood-chopping sections of beautifully grained cypress; what a difference that makes in the firewood chopping ritual!
- He had cadged the production dollars by promising the producer a two-for-one deal that never came.
- The latter may in fact end up in the back garden, joining one we intend to transplant from the front, and another that we've cadged from a neighbour.
- He and Nolan cadged free rides on trams driven by Nolan's father.
- At Brunton Park on Tuesday night, the cheeky talisman was taken for a ride around the pitch after cadging a lift in a sponsored car positioned in front of the main stand prior to kick-off.
- This is a preamble to confessing that, like Jackie, I cadged a few puffs of a fat Cuban on Christmas Day.
- I cadged a lift back to the station in Roger's car, which was kind of him.
- I don't remember how I got there, but I suppose I must have cadged a lift from someone.
- The next morning he called a friend, told him what had happened, and cadged a lift into the city centre to sign on, the court heard.
- They get the chance to cadge a bit of his energy and charisma.
- Tyndrum must be one of the easiest places in Scotland to cadge a ride.
nounkajkædʒ Falconry A padded wooden frame on which hooded hawks are carried to the field. Example sentencesExamples - Five lovely barbaries were assembled on the cadge.
- So when falcons were carried on the cadge you could quickly see the required falcon by the colour of the eye panels and the type of feathers in its plume.
- I would carry the hooded birds on the cadge, cast them off then fold it up and put it into my vest.
- You cannot keep your hawk on the cadge for ever -- ah, nor hood her for ever!
- He was not paid except for tips he could get from spectators by telling hunting stories about some of the falcons on the cadge.
Phrases informal Looking for an opportunity to obtain something without paying for it. Example sentencesExamples - The pool barman was constantly on the cadge for a tip and even appeared at our room when we were packing, cheeky git.
- Most punks I came into contact were actually OK, probably because most of them were always skint (I don't work, I'm a punk!) and were on the cadge for a pint.
- She moved to the side to let me in without hardly a hello, leaving me feeling like I was on the cadge for a free bourbon and some hot tea to make a change from hanging out at the library with the rest of the tramps.
- In the village he introduced himself - he was on the cadge for a torque wrench.
- The guy on the till actually said that he came in every night on the cadge and was often given a cigarella free by the staff.
- Admittedly, Thomas was often on the cadge but he seems always to have re-paid his debts.
- Mind you there'd be the odd one or two coming along and we'd mutter - here's Mrs so & so on the cadge again.
- Talking about butter, my music teacher at Caerwedros was always on the cadge for my butter, shop ration.
- He is on the cadge again as he looks to put the final touches to his squad before next Sunday's transfer deadline.
- With that the young man set out on the cadge.
Origin 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. |