0 present participle of cadge --
1 to (try to) get something from someone else without paying for it: --
Cadging enough money to buy paints and supplies, he spends much of the novel seeking surfaces, such as walls, to serve as ground for his paintings.
One hears every day tales of unwarranted cadging on the dole.
What about all those 2,000 people for whom there is no means of transport except cadging a lift, hiring a car or walk- ing?
He was cadging pints in the pub, and he could not survive on the dole money.
I am not cadging any favour for the agricultural industry.
It is not a question of cadging in the least.
They were men who did not go round seeking help or cadging support.
One heard every day tales of unwarranted cadging on the dole—millions could be saved without impinging on meritorious claims.
