From a set of souvenir chromolithograph cards from 1893 Columbian World’s Fair, produced by the Singer company to promote their sewing machines. Set entitled “Costumes of all Nations”.
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.