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Cadged

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.]

  1. To carry, as a burden. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
    --Halliwell.

  2. To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc. [Prov.]

  3. To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg. [Prov. or Slang, Eng.]
    --Wright.

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cadged

vb. (en-past of: cadge)

Usage examples of "cadged".

Using video effects she cadged from a 3-D program she and Keff watched in port, she spun the image up from the holo-table as a complicated spiral, widening it until it resolved itself as the globe of Ozran, present day.

We are all much better suited here,” Sorka had exclaimed in capitulation, and had set about making their living quarters bright with lamps, her hand-woven rugs, fabrics, and pictures that she had cadged from Joel.

Menolly had detoured to the Lower Caverns and shared with him the handful of meatrolls, she'd cadged from the cooks.

She bummed change from the other girls here, and she cadged drinks and dinner off grandfather types down on the Boulevard.

She was making the little beds with her the next morning, trying to keep up with the speedy skill and failing lamentably, when her companion said softly: "So you cadged a lift, did you?

While I was thus occupied, Laura cadged a lift down into town with a neighbour.

Gumbie, still chewing on the scraps he had cadged, said, "What kind of stuff do you want, Fish?

Cat ate the cookies and talked, telling him about her decision to run away, the visit to the hospital, and the ride she'd cadged as far as his lane.