cadge

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He asked Gordon Brown for a rock solid assurance that whatever he did to clear the nations debts he would never ever meet a Russian millionaire to to "cadge" the money.

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  1. intransitive and transitive verb To beg or get by begging.
  2. Syntax Note
    Synonyms: cadge, beg, bum1, mooch, panhandle1
    These verbs mean to ask for or obtain by charity: cadged a meal; begging for change; bum a ride; mooching food; homeless people forced to panhandle.

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  • The first step in trying to cadge money to pay for Italian culture: a campaign denigrating Pompeii, depicted as hopelessly degraded by various news organizations in the U.S. and elsewhere. —  DIRELAND
  • Before the suspicions about Mick's dead wife are put to rest, there are other scores to settle, such as the long-festering fuss between Mick and Mary Rafferty (Carolyn Wickwire), the sour biddy who drops in nightly to cadge a free drink on her way home from bingo. —  Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
  • The LTLP is giving an Important Talk there, and I decide to cadge along for the ride. —  Private Secret Diary
  • This year's roster includes 15 films, all of which I managed to see prior to opening day - so here's a heads-up on what to expect and what, if you're lucky enough to cadge a ticket, you should try to see. —  GreenCine Daily
  • But I prefer the underneath, with the cracks and age and unexpected marshes, and even the strange homeless that want to tell you all about the alien conspiracy and cadge smokes off of you. —  SF0
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Perhaps back-formation from obsolete cadger, peddler, from Middle English cadgear.

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  1. from Middle English caggen, cagen, of obscure origin.
  2. English dial., prob. a variant of catch in the sense of ‘take’ (cf. take in the sense of ‘carry’). Catch had formerly a wider range of meaning.
  3. Perhaps a variant of cage.
 

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