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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  2. nypl: WHAT iz you wearing????? OK, that’s not really what’s happening here. This 1811 illustration by Maria Flaxman is actually a scene from the children’s story “Prince Dorus” by Charles Lamb. It’s a bit of a weird tale, actually, with this cat turning into a man later on. Fascinating. The drawing is currently located in our Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle. Happy Caturday!

    nypl:

    WHAT iz you wearing?????

    OK, that’s not really what’s happening here. This 1811 illustration by Maria Flaxman is actually a scene from the children’s story “Prince Dorus” by Charles Lamb. It’s a bit of a weird tale, actually, with this cat turning into a man later on. Fascinating. The drawing is currently located in our Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle. Happy Caturday!

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