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• cadge — [kædʒ] v [I and T] [Date: 1600 1700; : Scottish English; Origin: cadger carrier, trader (15 19 centuries), from cadge to tie (14 19 centuries)] BrE informal to ask someone you know for something such as food, money, or cigarettes, because you do… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cadge — to beg (1812), to get by begging (1848), of uncertain origin, perhaps a back formation from cadger itinerant dealer with a pack horse, mid 15c., which is perhaps from early 14c. cadge to fasten, to tie, of unknown origin …   Etymology dictionary

• cadge — [ kædʒ ] verb intransitive or transitive BRITISH INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED to MOOCH something from someone …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cadge — ► VERB informal ▪ ask for or obtain (something to which one is not entitled). DERIVATIVES cadger noun. ORIGIN from cadger, a northern English and Scottish word meaning «itinerant dealer» …   English terms dictionary

• cadge — [c]/kædʒ / (say kaj) verb (cadged, cadging) –verb (t) 1. to obtain by imposing on another s generosity or friendship: *They cadge money from anyone known to have a job –gerald murnane, 1987. 2. to borrow without intent to repay. 3. to beg or… …  

• cadge — [[t]kæ̱ʤ[/t]] cadges, cadging, cadged VERB If someone cadges food, money, or help from you, they ask you for it and succeed in getting it. [mainly BRIT, INFORMAL] [V n] Can I cadge a cigarette?... [V n from/off n] He could cadge a ride from… …   English dictionary

• cadge — verb (I, T) BrE informal to ask someone for food or cigarettes because you do not have any or do not want to pay; mooch AmE: cadge sth from/off: I managed to cadge a lift from Joanna. cadger noun (C) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• cadge — verb informal, chiefly Brit. ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled). noun Falconry a padded wooden frame on which hooded hawks are carried to the field. Phrases on the cadge informal seeking to obtain something… …   English new terms dictionary

• cadge — 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Cadge — This very unusual and interesting name has three separate but related interpretations, deriving from the Old French and Middle English cage , cage. The first of these means one who made and/or sold small cages for animals or birds , from the Old… …   Surnames reference

• cadge —    obsolete    to steal    The linguistic progression appears to have been from selling as an itinerant vendor to stealing, then to our modern meaning, to sponge or beg:     A thieving set of magpies cadgin ere and cadgin there. (M. Ward, 1895) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms