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cadging, vbl. n.|ˈkædʒɪŋ|
[f. cadge v.]
†1. The binding or edging of a garment. Obs.
1674Depos. York Castle (1861) 209 After I toucht the cadgings of her skirts, she stept not many steps after.
2. The practice of a cadger in various senses. (See cadger 2.) Also attrib.
1859Sala Tw. round Clock 387 Defunct saturnalia of patrician ‘cadging’. 1859Autobiog. Beggar-boy 99 To join two genteel young men in the regular cadging trade. 1879Dixon Windsor II. xxv. 254 No pride of place prevented him from cadging. |