Cadge vs Cadie - What's the difference?
cadge | cadie |
(Geordie) To beg.
(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.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.
(dated) A Scottish errand boy, porter, or messenger.
* Macaulay
As nouns the difference between cadge and cadie
is that cadge is a circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale while cadie is a Scottish errand boy, porter, or messenger.As a verb cadge
is to beg.cadge
English
Verb
- "Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?"
- (Halliwell)
- (Wright)
Derived terms
* cadger * codgerSynonyms
* (obtain from others) scrounge, bumReferences
* *Anagrams
*cadie
English
Alternative forms
* caddie * cadyNoun
(en noun)- Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie .