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noun
A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
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verb
To tie, fasten.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To beg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Geordie
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verb
To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, US, slang
Synonyms: scrounge, bum, beg, blag, cadge, leech, mooch, mump, scunge, sponge, tap, wheedle
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verb
To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To carry, as a burden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal
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verb
To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal
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verb
obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: schnorr, shnorr, scrounge
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Broader terms: beg
verb
ask for and get free; be a parasite
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mooch, bum, grub, sponge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: obtain
Narrower terms: freeload
History
Likely a corruption of cage.
From Middle English caggen (“to tie, fasten, bind”), probably from Old Norse. Compare Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt”), kǫgurbarn (“swaddled child”).
Across languages
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
