Good lord-the discomfort; the loneliness; the want of any one who really cares; the feeling that there's nothing permanent; the frantic writing round to make sure you won't have a lonely evening; the sick despair when some one fails and you sit moping by your fire or wander out among a crowd of laughing couples, damnably alone; the lack of any purpose in life; the constant Cadging round for somebody to save you from a Soho restaurant.
"Helena Brett's Career"
Desmond Coke
I determined, therefore, that I would do the proper thing, though I felt rather shy, and feared I might be looked upon as "Cadging" for work.
"The Adventure of Living"
John St. Loe Strachey
It was sweet to remember that the world was not made up entirely of Cadging Head Waiters.
"Ade's Fables"
George Ade