cadge

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
动词 v.
  1. To tie, fasten. obsolete,transitive
  2. To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
    — For quotations using this term, see Citations:cadge.
  3. To beg. Geordie
    — Cadging on the fly is a profitable occupation in the vicinity of bathing places, and large towns. A person of this description frequently gets many shillings in the course of the day
  4. To carry, as a burden. Scotland,UK,dialectal
    — Another Atlas that will cadge a whole world of iniuries without fainting.
  5. To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do. UK,US,slang
    — Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?
  6. To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc. Scotland,UK,dialectal

词形变化

cadges present,singular,third-person cadging participle,present cadgin participle,present cadged participle,past cadged past cadges plural cadges present,singular,third-person cadging participle,present cadgin participle,present cadged participle,past cadged past

词汇关系

衍生词
cadger codger on the cadge

词源

词源 1
From Middle English caggen (“to tie, fasten, bind”), probably from Old Norse. Compare Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt”), kǫgurbarn (“swaddled child”).
词源 2
Likely a corruption of cage.
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