Cadge vs Mendicant - What's the difference?
cadge | mendicant |
(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.
Depending on alms for a living.
Of or pertaining to a beggar.
Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.
A pauper who lives by begging.
A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.
As nouns the difference between cadge and mendicant
is that cadge is a circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale while mendicant is a pauper who lives by begging.As a verb cadge
is to beg.As an adjective mendicant is
depending on alms for a living.cadge
English
Verb
- "Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?"
- (Halliwell)
- (Wright)