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Obtaining by begging
Answer for the clue "Obtaining by begging ", 7 letters:
cadging
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of cadge English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cadge \Cadge\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Cadged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cadging .] [Cf. Scot. cache, caich, cadge, to toss, drive, OE. cachen to drive, catch, caggen to bind, or perh. E. cage. Cf. Cadger .] To carry, as a burden. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Halliwell. ...
Usage examples of cadging.
When she was supposed to be keeping house for me she was out prowling Hollywood Boulevard, cadging drinks off servicemen.
ImpSec guards not above cadging a snack, and frequent State dinners, parties, or receptions where guests might number in the hundreds.
He enjoyed cadging beers and belting whores around when they spurned his crude propositions.
Sergei Forward is a cheap no-hoper who thought he could filch his way to medical fame by cadging my discovery.
And Sacred Sun help the quartermaster I ever apprehend cadging bribes for preferential issuance of stores!