Cabbage - [kab-ij] Chiefly British 1. a. cloth scraps that remain after a garment has been cut from a fabric and that by custom the tailor may claim. 2. slang - verb. To steal; pilfer: He cabbaged whole yards of cloth.

Cove - (kəʊv) Brit, Austral 1. old-fashioned , slang - a fellow; chap.

Cabbaging Cove: A scoundrel keen on pilfering [from the annals of not-so-distant history]!

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  1. questionableadvice: ~ DuPont Magazine, February 1919(click to enlarge) Hands down, one of the best advertisements I’ve ever seen.

    questionableadvice:

    ~ DuPont Magazine, February 1919
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    Hands down, one of the best advertisements I’ve ever seen.

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      “Write for free booklet ‘Blasting Ice James with Du Pont Explosives.” “Hello Mr Postmaster has my dynamite arrived yet?”
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      Minnesotans understand.
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      BLAST THE ICE JAMZ
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      Hands down, one of the best advertisements I’ve ever seen.
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