cadged English
Verb
(head)
(cadge)
cadge English
Noun
( en noun)
(falconry) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
Verb
(Geordie) To beg.
- "Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?"
(US, British, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince someone to do something they might not normally do.
To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
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(UK, Scotland, dialect) To carry, as a burden.
- (Halliwell)
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.
- (Wright)
Derived terms
* cadger
* codger
Synonyms
* (obtain from others) scrounge, bum
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badged English
Verb
(head)
(badge)
badge English
Noun
( en noun)
A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
- the badge''' of a society; the '''badge of a policeman
* Prescott
- Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges .
A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
* {{quote-book, year=158? or 159?, author=, title=Titus Andronicus, section=Act I, Scene 2
, passage=Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge .}}
A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.
- He has got his badge , and piked: He was burned in the hand, and is at liberty.
(nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
(heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.
Derived terms
* badge bunny
* badger
Verb
( badg)
To mark or distinguish with a badge.
- ''The television was badged as 'GE', but wasn't made by them.
To show a badge to.
- He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.
To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.
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* 2003 , Joseph Wambaugh, Fire Lover , page 146:
- And Patterson didn't hear that Jack Egger, the studio's director of security, said he'd seen John Orr badge his way through the pedestrian gate sometime before 4:00 pm, when the fire was still raging, [...]
* 2004 , Sergei Hoteko, On The Fringe Of History , page 135:
- Our regional commissioner, his assistant commissioner and our district director, along with their wives, were hoofing it to the rotunda. Apparently they didn't try and badge their way through.
* 2006 , David Pollino, Bill Pennington, Tony Bradley, Himanshu Dwivedi, Hacker's challenge 3 (page 338)
- Aaron badged into the data center and escorted Geoff inside the large room with its many blinking green lights.
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