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Cadge   Listen
noun
Cadge  n.  (Hawking) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Cadge" Quotes from Famous Books



... which I gave some illusion of dignity. After a disappointed pause he went on: "You'd better know something about these people. Beasts, every one of 'em, young or old, some beastly common beasts, but all beastly rich, except those that are beastly poor, and on the make—to marry their daughters, or cadge for smart friends. Lark was bidding for swells, and got snobs. Thinks his silly title will carry weight in society as it does in the city. 'Lark Pie,' we're called, I hear. I call us a 'Pretty Kettle of Fish!' The girls are the worst of the caboodle, ...
— It Happened in Egypt • C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson

... the door of a long covered shed commonly called the "mews," and shortly appeared again with four hooded hawks—two falcons, and two males or tiercel-gentles—placed on a wooden frame or cadge. These he handed to a stout yokel to carry, and the whole party sallied forth towards the downs. The squire and the parson were mounted on their palfreys, the rest of the ...
— A Cotswold Village • J. Arthur Gibbs



Words linked to "Cadge" :   bum, obtain, schnorr, freeload, sponge, cadger, grub



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