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Definition of Cadgy
1. a. Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking; also, wanton.
Definition of Cadgy
1. Adjective. Cheerful or mirthful ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cadgy
1. cheerful [adj] - See also: cheerful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cadgy
Literary usage of Cadgy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"cadgy [kaj'ee], vi To wander about the country like a vagabond, begging or
stealing, as opportunity offers. [Haut-s kau'tn u dh-oa'l Ae'urun Joa'unz ? ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"ROGER Kind Patie, now fair fa' your honest heart,— Ye're ay sae cadgy, and have
sic an art To hearten ane! for now, as clean's a leek, Ye've cherished me ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"CADGER. A packman or itinerant huckster. cadger is a butcher^ miller, or carrier
of u; Var. dial. According to Kennen, p. 36, -j other load." cadgy. ..."
4. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"cadgy, ' hearty, cheerful,' especially alter food ; cf. cag-mag, cf. also kedge.
Dredge. Edge, sb. fudge, ' small loaf of bread. ..."
5. The Gentle Shepherd: A Scots Pastoral Comedy by Allan Ramsay (1797)
"Kind Patie, now fair fa' your honest heart, e 're ay sae cadgy, and ha'e sic an
art o hearten ane : For now as ..."
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