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Examples of cadge
cadge
The less privileged must buy or cadge their status gear from Western tourists.
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It took only a few months for bankers and politicians to cadge an advance.
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I would go round and try to cadge cash, often relieving him of a tenner.
From the guardian.co.uk
He would cadge free coffee from a friend employed at a greasy spoon.
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She also had to deal with those servicemen from Fort Meade who were trying to cadge phone numbers.
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His upstairs lodger, a sociology student, enters to cadge money and denounce Wagner as a fascist.
From the time.com
With luck, he can cadge a lift to Seven Hills train station.
From the smh.com.au
And even Bunter wouldn't try to cadge ten bob from a girl.
From the guardian.co.uk
Others cadge handouts or wait in line for tranquilizers.
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- Mooch: ask for and get free; be a parasite
- Schnorr: obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends"
- Begging (or panhandling in the US) is to request a donation in a supplicating manner. Beggars are commonly found in public places such as street corners or public transport, where they request money, most commonly in the form of spare change. ...
- A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale; To beg; To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince someone to do something they might not normally do; To carry hawks and other birds of prey
- (cadges) to take advantage of friendship to borrow usnews
- Impose on another's generosity, also borrow without intent to repay.
- To beg or sponge off of <cadge a free cup of coffee>
- To deliver supplies usually with a cadge team on a cadge road in the bush.
- The wooden frame on which hawks, when numerous, are carried to the field.
