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Cadge vs Padge - What's the difference?

cadge | padge |

As nouns the difference between cadge and padge

is that cadge is (falconry) a circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale while padge is (uk|dialect) the barn owl.

As a verb cadge

is (geordie) to beg.

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

    References

    * *

    Anagrams

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    padge

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pudge

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) The barn owl.
    • (Webster 1913)