Cadge vs Supplicant - What's the difference?
cadge | supplicant |
(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.
As nouns the difference between cadge and supplicant
is that cadge is a circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale while supplicant is one who comes to humbly ask or petition.As a verb cadge
is to beg.As an adjective supplicant is
begging, pleading, supplicating.cadge
English
Verb
- "Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?"
- (Halliwell)
- (Wright)
