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Cadging

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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cadging

vb. (present participle of cadge English)

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!