cadge

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.

   Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?

2. 2
   verb

   To carry hawks and other birds of prey.

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:cadge.

3. 3
   verb

   To carry, as a burden.

   Another Atlas that will cadge a whole world of iniuries without fainting.

From Middle English caggen (“to tie, fasten, bind”), probably from Old Norse. Compare Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt”), kǫgurbarn (“swaddled child”).

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