cadge

English

Etymology

Possibly a corruption of cage, from Old French.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kædʒ/
• Rhymes: -ædʒ

Noun

cadge (plural cadges)

1. (falconry) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.

Translations

falconry: a circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale

Verb

cadge (third-person singular simple present cadges, present participle cadging or cadgin, simple past and past participle cadged)

1. (Geordie) To beg.

   "Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?"

2. (US, UK, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince someone to do something they might not normally do.
3. To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
   • For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Translations

Geordie: to beg

slang: to obtain something by wit or guile

to carry hawks

Derived terms

• cadger
• codger

Synonyms

• (obtain from others): scrounge, bum

Translations

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: прося (bg) (prosja)

References

• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
• article on cadge at World Wide Words

Anagrams

• caged