10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ON THE CADGE»
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1
Hints
on the Management of Hawks
... in each hand, and generally has shoulder straps to aid him, and to allow of his
letting go one hand in case a hawk bates off in a wind. Hawks should always be
carried hooded when on the cadge, to prevent accident to tail and flight feathers.
James Edmund Harting, 1898
2
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ... ...
For example, a waiter when hanging alxmt for 'a tip ' is said to be CADGING or 'on
the CADGE.' Among intimates To CADGE A DINNER or SUPPER is now often
used without implied reproach. 1811. Lexicon Balatronicum. CADGE the swells ...
John Stephen Farmer, Henley, 1891
3
Comic songs. (2nd coll.). Duncombe's ed
From itreet to street they hurry us, you cannot get a meg, For since great folks are
on the cadge, they von't let cadgers beg. SPOKEN. The law says you mustn't ax.
Veil, and if you don't a-c they thinks as how you doesn't vant : so, to 'wade the ...
4
The Art and Practice of Hawking
For some of them it will be a very simple matter to slip on a hood ; and without
further ado they will be placed on the cadge and the leash made fast to it. Others
which have only lately completed their training, or which have not yet quite ...
Edward Blair Michell, 1900
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The Irish metropolitan magazine
... taken from their bleeding prey, hooded, replaced on the cadge, and another
flight commenced. The first day's sport was marred by an unlucky accident — a
beautiful and valued tiercel was accidentally shot by a peasant boy. The
following ...
6
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
1 [early-mid-19C] the profession or act of begging; thus do a cadge or on the
cadge, to exist by begging. 2 [1930s] (Glasgow) a message. [CADGE v. (1)]
cadge v. 1 [late 18C+] orig. to wander the country as a beggar; thence to beg (
from).
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The Ornithology of Shakespeare: Critically Examined, ...
The Cadge THE CADGE. The hawks, when carried to the field, were borne on “
the cadge,” as shown in the engraving; the person carrying it being called “the
cadger.” The modern word “cad,” now generally used in an opprobrious sense, is
in ...
James Edmund Harting, 1978
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
4 in tournament pool, to obscure the view of the tournament judge when making
a shot, thus jeopardisingthe point US, 1972 coat and badge noun ▻ on the coat
and badge scrounging; on the cadge. Rhymingslang, from the verbCOAT AND ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
Then the peregrines were put back on the cadge as the boys got near to a wide
meadow in a hollow where the rabbits used to feed; and the goshawks Margaret
and Isabel were taken, each in turn sitting unhooded on her master's wrist, while
...
10
The Victorian Working Class: Selections from
the "Morning ...
“Sure then”, said he, “it's thirty years I've been on the cadge, and it's a long day,
too. I never had a home of my own since I came to this counthry. I have slept in
the boozing-kens in the counthry, many's the time; maybe it's been in the prison I
...
P. E Razzell, R. W Wainwright, 2014
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ON THE CADGE»
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Paul Abbott: 'I don't think you need damage to be a good writer but …
Sometimes, he says, they will get in touch, but often they're on the cadge. He mentions one brother who gave him a call after getting out of ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
The Sacred and the Profane
"There were always lots of people around Francis on the cadge," he said. "But they wouldn't do it when I was around." Bacon painted around 30 ... «Irish Independent, Dec 13»
Scratching Post Cat Rescue Centre new patron Sam Fox namesake …
She tweeted: "Tweethearts I'm on the cadge ! Is there a Roofer and a Plumber out there ? Free ! Watham Abbey area. It's for a cat shelter ? «AboutMyArea, Nov 13»
The Cherry Orchard, National Theatre: Olivier, London
Tim McMullan turns Simyonov-Pischik, the landowner always on the cadge, into a killingly funny parody of a likeable bounder from a Feydeau ... «The Independent, May 11»
Whatever happened to Jamie O'Neill?
And everyone was on the cadge. Anyone who had anything at all had to buy rounds for everyone." He was bisexual then and was out to his ... «Irish Independent, Dec 09»
Growing up in the suburbs... and discovering my passion for Ethel …
... dragged out of the threadbare Fifties, our part of South London was sooty and pockmarked, its populace coughing and always on the cadge. «Daily Mail, Jan 09»
