v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Cadged p. pr. & vb. n. Cadging. ] [ Cf. Scot. cache, caich, cadge, to toss, drive, OE. cachen to drive, catch, caggen to bind, or perh. E. cage. Cf. Cadger. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To carry, as a burden. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc. [ Prov. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg. [ Prov. or Slang, Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. 2d Cadger. ] (Hawking) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cadge, v. t., cf. Codger. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A packman or itinerant huckster. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who gets his living by trickery or begging. [ Prov. or Slang ] “The gentleman cadger.” Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cagier one who catches hawks. Cf. Cage. ] (Hawking) One who carries hawks on a cadge. [ 1913 Webster ]