- on the cadge
- Phrs. Begging. Informal
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
on the cadge
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on the cadge — Engaged in scrounging • • • Main Entry: ↑cadge * * * Brit., informal looking for an opportunity to obtain something without paying for it … Useful english dictionary
on the cadge — informal seeking to obtain something without paying for it. → cadge … English new terms dictionary
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 — 1. Beg. 2. be on the cadge Be in a position of asking for something … A concise dictionary of English slang
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 — to CADGE, to carry ; a cadger to a mill, a carrier or loader. Northumb. Cadging the belly, to stuff the belly ; also to bind or tie a thing. Lan … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
The Broken Vase — Infobox Book | name = The Broken Vase author = Rex Stout country = United States language = English series = Tecumseh Fox genre = Detective novel publisher = Farrar and Rhinehart release date = 1941 media type = Print pages = isbn = preceded by … Wikipedia
The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze — Infobox Film name = The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze caption = director = Norman Maurer producer = Norman Maurer writer = Norman Maurer Jules Verne (novel) starring = Moe Howard Larry Fine Joe DeRita Jay Sheffield Joan Freeman… … Wikipedia
cadge — cadge1 cadger, n. /kaj/, v., cadged, cadging. v.t. 1. to obtain by imposing on another s generosity or friendship. 2. to borrow without intent to repay. 3. to beg or obtain by begging. v.i. 4. to ask, expect, or encourage another person to pay… … Universalium
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
