Synonyms for cadge
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kaj |
| Phonetic Transcription : kædʒ |
Définition of cadge
Origin :- "to beg" (1812), "to get by begging" (1848), of uncertain origin, perhaps a back-formation from cadger "itinerant dealer with a pack-horse," mid-15c., which is perhaps from early 14c. cadge "to fasten, to tie," of unknown origin.
- verb beg
- Cadge thinks me still betrothed to John, so she affected to misunderstand.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Cadge fancies, I suppose, that by any mail I may get a big check from home.
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- "Some pretty cloak and suit models get big wages," said Cadge.
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- I went out into the warm and rainy night, but there was no Cadge at the Star office.
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- Cadge tried to speak, but could only point to the little bedroom.
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- And then the wedding; and the practical Cadge surprised us all.
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- This is the animal page of the Sunday Star and Cadge is in a hurry for it, to do the obbligato.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Cadge will call her nothing but 'H. the M.'—short for 'Helen the Magnificent.'
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- No sooner was she gone than I was summoned to the reception-room, and Cadge rushed to meet me.
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- She can do anything—sing, talk modern Greek and Chinese—Cadge is wonderful.
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