cadging,vbl.n.|ˈkædʒɪŋ|[f.cadge v.]†1.The binding or edging of a garment. Obs.1674Depos. York Castle (1861) 209After 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.1859SalaTw. round Clock 387Defunct saturnalia of patrician ‘cadging’.1859Autobiog.Beggar-boy 99To join two genteel young men in the regular cadging trade.1879DixonWindsor II. xxv. 254No pride of place prevented him from cadging.