cadge
Example Sentences
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Schwarzenegger made a pilgrimage to Washington to cadge more money from the government, but came home empty-handed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025
One recent morning, a man dropped by Mr. Mishurov’s farmyard office to cadge a bucket of corn for his hens.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 23, 2018
Apparently this individual uses a variety of stories to cadge money, including claims of homelessness or a need to get to some distant city to see family.
From Washington Times • Feb. 14, 2017
The disconnect between the movie’s goals and its actual comic energy becomes most evident during a road trip to Greenwich, Connecticut, where Brooke plans to cadge money from an old friend who’s married rich.
From Slate • Aug. 14, 2015
Shortly after Christmas, he managed to cadge on temporary loan from a laboratory colleague a magnet twice as powerful as his paltry four-inch model.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing cadge
The Time Machine
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