| 单词 | cadge |
| 释义 | cadge (once / 12792 pages) v To cadge is to plead or beg for something. A hungry child might cadge an extra cookie from her dad while he's baking. When you cadge something, you wheedle or plead for it, manipulating someone into giving it to you. If you forget your lunch, you might have to cadge parts of your friend's meal, and if you don't have change for a parking meter, you might try to cadge some from a person walking by. Since the early 1800s, to cadge has meant "to beg," and while its origin is uncertain, it may come from cadger, "itinerant dealer" or "peddler." WORD FAMILYcadge: cadged, cadger, cadges, cadging+/cadger: cadgers USAGE EXAMPLESNearby, a gaggle of worn-out, middle-aged loiterers, including a few ex-inmates, congregate on a street corner, cadging dollars. Washington Post(Nov 20, 2016) He was unrelenting, and insisted on cadging autographs after the game. New York Times(Apr 08, 2016) When they served grilled cheese or chicken sandwiches for lunch, I would cadge extras from the children who hardly ever cleaned their plates. Ashley Rhodes-Courter, Three Little Words: A Memoir(2007) 1v obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling Syn|Hyper schnorr, scrounge, shnorr beg ask to obtain free 2v ask for and get free; be a parasite Syn|Hypo|Hyper bum, grub, mooch, sponge freeload live off somebody's generosity obtain come into possession of |
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