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  "description": "The word for today is…\n\ncadge (verb) -\n\n: to obtain (something) for free often by persuading or imposing on another : sponge\n\nSource : Merriam-Webster\n\nEtymology : Long ago, peddlers traveled the British countryside, each with a packhorse or a horse and cart—first carrying produce from rural farms to town markets, then returning with small wares to sell to country folk. The Middle English word for such traders was cadgear; Scottish dialects rendered the term as cadger. The verb cadge was created",
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  "textContent": "The word for today is…\n\ncadge (verb) -\n\n: to obtain (something) for free often by persuading or imposing on another : sponge\n\nSource : Merriam-Webster\n\nEtymology : Long ago, peddlers traveled the British countryside, each with a packhorse or a horse and cart—first carrying produce from rural farms to town markets, then returning with small wares to sell to country folk. The Middle English word for such traders was cadgear; Scottish dialects rendered the term as cadger. The verb cadge was created as a back-formation of cadger (which is to say, it was formed by removal of the “-er” suffix). At its most general, cadger meant “carrier,” and the verb cadge meant “to carry.” More specifically, the verb meant to go about as a cadger or peddler. By the 1800s, it was used when someone who posed as a peddler turned out to be more of a beggar, from which arose the present-day use of the verb cadge for the action of trying to get something for free by persuading or imposing on another person.\n\n**_If you enjoyed this Good Oil word of the day please consider sharing it with your friends and, especially, your children._**",
  "title": "The Good Oil Word of the Day",
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