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]!

About the Cabbaging Cove

  1. Toilette de Ceremonie Description of costume: Brocaded satin of varied shades; godet skirt; corsage back cut in one piece; trimming of ivory satin and embroidery; revers in front forming epaulettes; center of the front of mousseline-de-soie pleated very fine; belt of satin with gilded galloons, the same galloons on corsage forming “Brandebourgs;” godet basque; tight lower sleeve extending and gathering full uppers sleeve; top of sleeve not too bouffant. Coming styles designed by the great costumers of Europe. Jordan & Marsh Clothing Co. 1896.

    Toilette de Ceremonie

    Description of costume:

    Brocaded satin of varied shades; godet skirt; corsage back cut in one piece; trimming of ivory satin and embroidery; revers in front forming epaulettes; center of the front of mousseline-de-soie pleated very fine; belt of satin with gilded galloons, the same galloons on corsage forming “Brandebourgs;” godet basque; tight lower sleeve extending and gathering full uppers sleeve; top of sleeve not too bouffant.

    Coming styles designed by the great costumers of Europe. Jordan & Marsh Clothing Co. 1896.

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