General
cadge
What does cadge mean?
To get something off someone by asking — politely or otherwise. A cadged tab, a cadged lift, a cadged tenner till Friday. Not quite begging, not quite borrowing; it's the grey area in between. Wider than Geordie but heavily used across the North East.
"Can I cadge a lift into town off ye?"
Origin
From the older British dialect cadger — an itinerant trader or hawker — which by the 19th century had drifted to mean a sponger.
Frequently asked questions
What does "cadge" mean?
To cadge is to scrounge, beg, or blag something off someone — often a cigarette, a lift, or a pint.
How do you use "cadge" in a sentence?
"He's always trying to cadge a fag off someone at the bus stop."
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