OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 13948

cadge

/kæd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
gorronear • mangonear • mendigar • suplicar
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?
They moved about the bar incessantly, cadging cigarettes and drinks, with something behind their eyes at once terribly vulnerable and terribly hard.