cabbage
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Aberaeron Yacht Club has been approached for a response to the cabbage fiesta proposal.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Crisp bacon, juicy diced tomatoes and ribbons of shaved green cabbage get folded in at the end, where they stay cool, crunchy and unmistakably BLT-adjacent.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Thankfully, many of my own anchor ingredients happen to be fairly budget-friendly: rice, greens, sweet potatoes, carrots, onions, lemons, tortillas, cabbage, beans, eggs, chicken thighs, coconut milk, good olive oil and sourdough.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
Now, they are trying to stretch out what food remains: instant noodles, carrots, mushrooms and cabbage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
He desperately wanted something more filling and satisfying than cabbage and cabbage soup.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
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But, worse . . . state and city officials have cabbaged on to this beautiful protective machinery we have placed in their hands.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The shorn tailor left the office protesting that Sir Peter had not treated him handsomely, as he had only consented to sacrifice his flowing locks, but that the Alderman had cabbaged his whiskers as well.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 by Various
Bacon treats of the instrument in his “Novum Organum;” from which Newton cabbaged his ideas in his “Principia,” in the most unprincipled manner.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 14, 1841 by Various
They run out of all they cabbaged here perty quick.
From Summerfield or, Life on a Farm by Day Kellogg Lee
In an evil moment he "cabbaged" some cloth, was detected, tried, condemned, and sentenced to twenty months' imprisonment.
From Prisoner for Blasphemy by G. W. (George William) Foote
The next step I took was to order William Francis, John Thompson, Samuel Picket, and Joshua Peck to be taken into custody, on their return from cabbaging.
From An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island by John Hunter
Does not this look very much like what we call "cabbaging?"
From Notes and Queries, Number 24, April 13, 1850 by Various
And what a touching sight it is of a Saturday afternoon to see the poor, careworn clergymen gathered together in that vast reading—room cabbaging sermons for Sunday.
From Mark Twain's Speeches by Mark Twain