cadge

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

cadges

V_ing/Gerund

cadging

V_ed/pp

cadgincadged

1.
(obsolete, transitive)To tie, fasten.
2.
(Geordie)To beg.
3.
(British, US, slang)To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?
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 […]
Đồng nghĩa: scrounge, bum, beg, blag, bum, cadge, leech, mooch, mump, scrounge, scunge, sponge, tap, wheedle
4.
To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cadge.
5.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal)(UK, Scotland, dialect) To carry, as a burden.
6.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal)(UK, Scotland, dialect) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

cadges

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

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Đồng nghĩa

scroungebumbegblagleech mooch mump scunge sponge tap wheedle

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English caggen (to tie, fasten, bind), probably from Old Norse -. Compare kǫgurr, kǫgurbarn (swaddled child).