Thesaurus: cadge
To carry, as a burden.
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Definitions
- v. t. & i. To carry, as a burden.
- v. t. & i. To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
- v. t. & i. To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.
- n. A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
- v. ask for and get free; be a parasite
- v. obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
- 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. A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
- v:100 v ask for and get free; be a parasite v obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling