Word of the Week #29

Emmanuel cadged Mr. Beaky’s cadge; he was merely a servant and thus, not allowed to practise falconry.

 

cadge 

1. ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled) (v)

2. a padded wooden frame on which hooded hawks are carried to the field (n)

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