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Cadge vs Bag - What's the difference?

cadge | bag |

As nouns the difference between cadge and bag

is that cadge is (falconry) a circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale while bag is a flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.

As verbs the difference between cadge and bag

is that cadge is (geordie) to beg while bag is to put into a bag.

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.
  • * (seeCites)
  • (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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    bag

    English

    (wikipedia bag)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
  • (label) A handbag
  • A suitcase.
  • A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
  • One’s preference.
  • (label) An ugly woman.
  • (label) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
  • (label) First, second, or third base.
  • (label) A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
  • (label) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
  • A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
  • A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
  • The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
  • A scrotum.
  • (label) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.

    • Synonyms

    * (flexible container) poke (obsolete), sack, tote * (handbag) handbag, purse (US) * (preference) cup of tea, thing * (ugly woman) dog, hag * (in mathematics) multiset

    Hyponyms

    * (flexible container) bindle

    Verb

    (bagg)
  • To put into a bag.
  • To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
  • To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
  • (label) To furnish or load with a bag.
  • * Dryden
  • To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
  • To laugh uncontrollably.
  • To criticise sarcastically.
  • (label) To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
  • To swell or hang down like a full bag.
  • To swell with arrogance.
    • (Chaucer)
  • To become pregnant.

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, airbag, air bag , bagboy , baggage , bagger , baggy , bag lady , bag lunch , bag of bones , bag of tricks , bag snatcher , beanbag , binbag , carrier bag , clutch bag , dilly bag , dime bag , doggy bag , double bagger , douche bag , dumb as a bag of hammers , face like a bag of spanners , handbag , gladstone bag , goody bag, goodie bag , grab bag , holdall, carryall, tote, tote bag , in the bag , kitbag , let the cat out of the bag , mixed bag , moneybag , overnight bag , paper bag , plastic bag , schoolbag , shopping bag , shoulder bag , sickbag , sleeping bag , teabag , toolbag , windbag}}

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