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noun
1.
any of several cultivated varieties of a plant, Brassica oleracea capitata, of the mustard family, having a short stem and leaves formed into a compact, edible head.
2.
the head or leaves of this plant, eaten cooked or raw.
3.
Slang. money, especially paper money.
4.
Chiefly British Informal.
a.
a stupid, dull, or spiritless person.
b.
a mentally impaired person who is unable to live independently; vegetable.
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noun
1.
Chiefly British.
a.
cloth scraps that remain after a garment has been cut from a fabric and that by custom the tailor may claim.
b.
Also called cab. such scraps used for reprocessing.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2.
to steal; pilfer: He cabbaged whole yards of cloth.
Origin:
1615–25; earlier carbage shred, piece of cloth, apparently variant of garbage wheat straw chopped small (obsolete sense)
1615–25; earlier carbage shred, piece of cloth, apparently variant of garbage wheat straw chopped small (obsolete sense)
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| cabbage1 (ˈkæbɪdʒ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | brassica See also savoy skunk cabbage Compare Chinese cabbage Also called: cole any of various cultivated varieties of the plant Brassica oleracea capitata, typically having a short thick stalk and a large head of green or reddish edible leaves: family Brassicaceae (crucifers) |
| 2. | wild cabbage a European plant, Brassica oleracea, with broad leaves and a long spike of yellow flowers: the plant from which the cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli, and Brussels sprout have been bred |
| 3. | a. the head of a cabbage |
| b. the edible leaf bud of the cabbage palm | |
| 4. | informal a dull or unimaginative person |
| 5. | informal, offensive a person who has no mental faculties and is dependent on others for his or her subsistence |
| [C14: from Norman French caboche head; perhaps related to Old French boce hump, bump, Latin caput head] | |
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cabbage
mid-15c., caboge, from M.Fr. caboche "head" (in the Channel Islands, "cabbage"), from O.Fr. caboce "head," from L. caput "head" (see head). Introduced to Canada 1541 by Jacques Cartier on his third voyage. First written record of it in U.S. is 1660s. The decline of "ch" to
EXPAND "j" in the unaccented final syllable parallels the common pronunciation of spinach, sandwich, Greenwich, etc.
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