cadge

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kæd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ædʒ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English caggen (“to tie, fasten, bind”), probably from Old Norse. Compare Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt”), kǫgurbarn (“swaddled child”). ==== Verb ==== cadge (third-person singular simple present cadges, present participle cadging or cadgin, simple past and past participle cadged) (transitive, obsolete) To tie, fasten. (Geordie) To beg. (US, UK, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do. Synonyms: scrounge, bum; see also Thesaurus:scrounge 1960, Lionel Bart, “Food, Glorious Food,” song from the musical Oliver! There’s not a crust, not a crumb can we find, can we beg, can we borrow, or cadge […] ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Likely a corruption of cage. ==== Noun ==== cadge (plural cadges) (falconry) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== cadge (third-person singular simple present cadges, present participle cadging or cadgin, simple past and past participle cadged) To carry hawks and other birds of prey. For quotations using this term, see Citations:cadge. (UK, Scotland, dialect) To carry, as a burden. (UK, Scotland, dialect) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc. ===== Translations ===== === References === Frank Graham, editor (1987), “CADGE”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN. Michael Quinion (January 15, 2005), “Cadge”, in World Wide Words. === Anagrams === CAGED, caged