cadge
verb
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cadged;
cadging
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Examples of cadge in a Sentence
She cadged money from her sister.
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Malloch never minded hospital food and would often cadge a lunch and stay on for dinner, delighting in the conversation in-between. — Sam Whiting, SFChronicle.com, "Neil Malloch, SF volunteer historian, found dead in Death Valley," 29 June 2019 One recent morning, a man dropped by Mr. Mishurov’s farmyard office to cadge a bucket of corn for his hens. — James Marson, WSJ, "Struggling U.S. Farmers Worry About a Resurgent Russia," 23 Sep. 2018 But their games last night devolved into dissertations on solo play while the other starters hung around the 3-point line like beggars hoping to cadge quarters from the stars. — Michael Powell, New York Times, "That Warriors vs. Rockets Epic May Well Be Over," 15 May 2018 Mike, Judith says, would cadge free pizza by offering to climb to the top of his barracks. — John Kelly, Washington Post, "In Crystal City, Va., Gold Star families remember the loved ones lost to war," 27 May 2018 What started with independent groups of skaters cadging together D.I.Y. skate parks out of concrete and scrap wood grew into a movement to make the entire city a skate park. — Jeff Ihaza, New York Times, "Skateboarders Won," 7 Apr. 2018 Its influence extended well beyond U.S. borders: Fidel Castro was an enthusiastic reader, and his speeches cadged from it, though without giving credit. — Glenn Garvin, Anchorage Daily News, "Is the deep state real — and is it really at war with Donald Trump?," 3 Feb. 2018 His long Gershwin gig — signing autographs, reminiscing and lecturing on cruise ships and at concerts, cadging freebies and attention at jazz clubs and cabarets — was too enjoyable and, occasionally, lucrative. — David Margolick, New York Times, "Alan Gershwin, Who Claimed a Famous Father, Is Dead at 91," 6 Mar. 2018 Three years go by; Eshel is now Israel’s Prime Minister, and Norman pushes and wheedles, doing favors for him and cadging favors in return, until a whiff of scandal arises from Norman’s dealings and Eshel is tainted. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "Norman," 8 Apr. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cadge.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for cadge
cadge
verb
English Language Learners Definition of cadge
: to persuade someone to give you (something) for free
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