CADGE, to beg in an artful or wheedling manner.—_North.__A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James.

CADGING, begging of the lowest degree.

CAG-MAG, bad food, scraps, odds and ends; or that which no one could

relish. _Grose_ gives CAGG MAGGS, old and tough Lincolnshire geese,

sent to London to feast the poor cockneys.

CAGE, a minor kind of prison.—_Shakespere_, part ii. of Henry IV., iv.

CAKE, a flat, a soft or doughy person, a fool.

CAKEY-PANNUM-FENCER, a man who sells street pastry.

CALL-A-GO, in street “patter,” is to remove to another spot, or address

the public in different vein.

CAMESA, shirt or chemise.—_Span._ _Ancient cant_, COMMISSION.

CAMISTER, a preacher, clergyman, or master.

CANARY, a sovereign. This is stated by a correspondent to be a Norwich

term, that city being famous for its breed of those birds.

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