verbal subs. (common).—Begging, frequently eked out by petty pilfering. [From CADGE (q.v.) + ING.]
1859. H. KINGSLEY, Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn, ch. xv. I’ve got my living by casting fortins, and begging, and CADGING, and such like.
1873. GREENWOOD, In Strange Company, 17. But what one in vain looked for was the ‘jolly beggar,’ the oft-quoted and steadfastly believed-in personage who scorns work because he can ‘make’ in a day three times the wages of an honest mechanic by the simple process of ‘CADGING.’
