cadging, vbl. n.
(ˈkædʒɪŋ)
[f. cadge v.]
† 1. The binding or edging of a garment. Obs.
| 1674 Depos. York Castle (1861) 209 After I toucht the cadgings of her skirts, she stept not many steps after. |
2. The practice of a cadger in various senses. (See cadger 2.) Also attrib.
| 1859 Sala Tw. round Clock 387 Defunct saturnalia of patrician ‘cadging’. 1859 Autobiog. Beggar-boy 99 To join two genteel young men in the regular cadging trade. 1879 Dixon Windsor II. xxv. 254 No pride of place prevented him from cadging. |