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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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Word Origin & History
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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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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