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
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Cadge
//kæd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "cadge" (23 found)
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11 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- прося verb (to beg)
Czech
4 entries- loudit verb (to beg)
- somrovat verb (to beg)
- vyloudit verb (slang: to obtain something by wit or guile)
- žebrat verb (to beg)
Dutch
1 entries- ritselen verb (slang: to obtain something by wit or guile)
German
1 entries- schnorren verb (to beg)
Hungarian
4 entries- kunyerál verb (to beg)
- legombol verb (slang: to obtain something by wit or guile)
- lejmol verb (to beg)
- szerez verb (slang: to obtain something by wit or guile)
Māori
4 entries- kaimātai verb (to beg)
- pati verb (to beg)
- pīnene verb (slang: to obtain something by wit or guile)
- pīnono verb (to beg)
Polish
4 entries- wycyganiać verb (slang: to obtain something by wit or guile)
- wycyganić verb (slang: to obtain something by wit or guile)
- wykusić verb (slang: to obtain something by wit or guile)
- wyłudzać verb (slang: to obtain something by wit or guile)
Russian
1 entries- выманить verb (slang: to obtain something by wit or guile)
Spanish
4 entries- gorronear verb (slang: to obtain something by wit or guile)
- mangonear verb (slang: to obtain something by wit or guile)
- mendigar verb (slang: to obtain something by wit or guile)
- suplicar verb (slang: to obtain something by wit or guile)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?
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They moved about the bar incessantly, cadging cigarettes and drinks, with something behind their eyes at once terribly vulnerable and terribly hard.
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1960, Lionel Bart, “Food, Glorious Food,” song from the musical Oliver! There’s not a crust, not a crumb can we find, can we beg, can we borrow, or cadge […]
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