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cadging Definition


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cadge
verb
    tr & intr
    cadged, cadging
    1. derog
      To get something (especially money or food) by scrounging or begging.
      Form: cadge something from someone (also)
      Form: cadge something off someone
Derivative: cadger
noun
    Etymology: 19c in this sense; 14c in obsolete sense ‘to fasten'.



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