A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
To beg.
Cadging on the fly is a profitable occupation in the vicinity of bathing places, and large towns. A person of this description frequently gets many shillings in the course of the day
To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?
Possibly a corruption of cage, from Old French.
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To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cadge.