with obj.
- informal ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled)〈非正式〉索要, 讨要; 乞讨：
he cadged fivers off old school friends
他从老同学那里索要了几张五英镑钞票
no obj. when news of our money gets in the papers people'll be round cadging.等有关我们钱财的新闻见了报, 人们就会前来讨要。
短语
on the cadge
- informal looking for an opportunity to obtain something without paying for it〈非正式〉寻找免费获得某物的机会。
派生词
cadger
noun词源
early 17th cent. （in the dialect sense 'carry about'）： back-formation from the noun cadger, which dates from the late 15th cent., denoting (in northern English and Scots) an itinerant dealer, whence the verb sense 'hawk, peddle', giving rise to the current verb senses from the early 19th cent.