verb
General Slang
cadge
· verb · geordie
To scrounge, beg, or blag — usually for tabs, lifts or a pint.
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To get something off someone by asking — politely or otherwise. A cadged tab, a cadged lift, a cadged tenner till Friday. Not quite begging, not quite borrowing; it's the grey area in between. Wider than Geordie but heavily used across the North East.
“Can I cadge a lift into town off ye?”
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cadge In A Sentence
Can I cadge a lift into town off ye?
Origin & Usage
From the older British dialect cadger — an itinerant trader or hawker — which by the 19th century had drifted to mean a sponger.
People Also Ask
What does "cadge" mean?
To cadge is to scrounge, beg, or blag something off someone — often a cigarette, a lift, or a pint.
How do you use "cadge" in a sentence?
"He's always trying to cadge a fag off someone at the bus stop."
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