Reverse Dictionary: CADGE

ADJECTIVES
.M19 ​— ON THE SCROUNGE  cadging, begging → sl.
1932  ON THE TAP cadging, borrowing → sl.
1960  ON THE COAT AND BADGE cadging, scrounging → UK rhyming sl.
1992  ON THE MOZZLE cadging, esp. when seeking to borrow something small from a friend or neighbour → UK sl.


NOUNS
1812 — CADGE the profession of cadging or begging → sl.
1900 — EAR-BITING a cadging, begging → Aust. sl.


NOUNS, PERSON
1500 — BADGER a cadger, hawker, or huckster; one who buys corn and other commodities and carries them elsewhere to sell → obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs.
..17C — THE AARON a cadger; a beggar → sl.
1825 — GAUGER a cadger; one who is always on the lookout for gifts or benefits → Sc.
1830 — LOAFER a cadger 
1851 — BITER a cadger → sl.
1851 — MOOCHER a pilferer; a loafer; a cadger; a beggar; a hawker → Eng. dial.
1860 — CAD a cadger; one who would rather live on other people than work for himself; a man trying to worm something out of another, either money or information → sl. (Bk.)
1871 — DEADBEAT a cadger or sponger; a penniless scrounger; a loafer; a worthless idler; one who will not or cannot pay debts → Amer. sl.
1899 — EAR-BITER a cadger; a borrower; one who constantly seeks to borrow money → sl., orig. Aust. usage
..20C — EAR-LUGGER a cadger; a scrounger → Aust. sl.
..20C — SCALDY a cadging, mean person → Irish sl.
1900 — MONGER a cadger; a person always borrowing → Aust. sl.
1909 — SCROUNGER a person who cadges from others 
1914 — MOOCH a cadger; a borrower → sl.
1915 — HUM a cadger; a borrower → Aust. sl.
1916 — BOT a cadger or habitual borrower; a scrounger; a person who frequently imposes on others → Aust. & NZ sl.
1919 — HUMMER a scrounger, a cadger → Aust. colloq.
1930 — TAPPER a cadger; a borrower; a beggar → sl.
1938 — POLER a cadger; a borrower → Aust. sl.
1948 — BUMMER a person who bums,  scrounges, begs for, or cadges something, usually cigarettes or drinks
1963 — BLAGGER a cadger; a scrounger; a person who seeks to obtain or achieve something by persuasive talk or plausible deception; a persuasive person → Brit. sl.
1980 BLUDGER a cadger, a scrounger; a disreputable or despicable person → Aust. sl.
1991 — BITE MERCHANT a persistent cadger → Aust. sl.


VERBS
1821 FANG to demand money, to cadge, to beg for a loan → Aust. sl.
1887 — GRUB to cadge; to beg or borrow; to beg from → Amer. sl.
1891 — SCOONGE → SCOUNGE to cadge for invitations; to go about from place to place like a dog → Sc.
1898 — SCADGE to cadge; to ask for → Sc.
1899 — MOOCH to cadge; to borrow money; to beg → sl.
1902 — HUSTLE to cadge; to beg → US beggars’ & tramps’ sl.
1906 — POLE ON to cadge or sponge money → Aust. sl.
1909 — SCROUNGE to cadge → colloq.
1913 — HUM to cadge or sponge money → Aust. sl.
1919 — BITE to cadge or borrow from → Aust. sl.
1919 — BLUDGE to cadge or scrounge; to borrow money; to shirk responsibility or hard work → sl.
1919 — NIP to cadge money → sl., chiefly Aust.
1921 — BOT to cadge or borrow something, especially cigarettes and liquor → Aust. sl.
1936 — COAT AND BADGE to cadge something → UK rhyming sl.
1937 — PONCE OFF → PONCE ON to cadge or scrounge money → sl.
1950 BLAG to scrounge, to cadge, to deceive, to bamboozle → Brit. sl.
1999 BOT to cadge, especially cigarettes and liquor → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 — PUT ON THE ACID to cadge; to scrounge → Aust. (Bk.)