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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Posts tagged photography

  1. gunsandposes:

    The people of Dagestan, circa 1905. Color photography by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky.

    (Library of Congress)

    (via my-ear-trumpet)

  2. centuriespast: Woman Jumping, Running Straight High Jump: Plate 156 from Animal Locomotion (1887) Eadweard J. Muybridge (American, born England. 1830–1904) 1884-86. MoMA

    centuriespast:

    Woman Jumping, Running Straight High Jump: Plate 156 from Animal Locomotion (1887)

    Eadweard J. Muybridge (American, born England. 1830–1904)

    1884-86.

    MoMA

  3. staysandstories: lucifersthelightoftheworld: Post Mortem Photography. Oh my god, I’ve never seen a behind the scenes postmortem before That’s amazing

    staysandstories:

    lucifersthelightoftheworld:

    Post Mortem Photography.

    Oh my god, I’ve never seen a behind the scenes postmortem before

    That’s amazing

  4. chicagohistorymuseum: Adelia Matter on a tricycle, c. 1900. Photograph by Walter Matter. Want a copy of this photo?  > Visit our Rights and Reproductions Department and give them this number: ICHi-03112.

    chicagohistorymuseum:

    Adelia Matter on a tricycle, c. 1900. Photograph by Walter Matter.

    Want a copy of this photo?  
    > Visit our Rights and Reproductions Department and give them this number: ICHi-03112.

  5. tuesday-johnson: ca. 1860-1900, [carte de visite portrait of three young ladies; one plays the guitar, another looks at the ball suspended in the air], Gesell via Be-Hold Fine Photographs

    tuesday-johnson:

    ca. 1860-1900, [carte de visite portrait of three young ladies; one plays the guitar, another looks at the ball suspended in the air], Gesell

    via Be-Hold Fine Photographs

    (via rrosehobart)

  6. maudelynn: Man on a penny-farthing bicycle being chased by his sister (Maggie & Bob Spiers) - West Wyalong, New South Wales, c. 1900 via brainpickings.org

    maudelynn:

    Man on a penny-farthing bicycle being chased by his sister (Maggie & Bob Spiers) - West Wyalong, New South Wales, c. 1900

    via brainpickings.org

    (via my-ear-trumpet)

  7. Royal Chariot With “Rex” [King] Mardi Gras Day, New Orleans, La. Detroit Publishing and Postcard Company, 1909.

    Royal Chariot With “Rex” [King]

    Mardi Gras Day, New Orleans, La.

    Detroit Publishing and Postcard Company, 1909.

  8. Navajo Woman and Infant, Canyon de Chelle, Arizona, 1941. [Ansel Adams]

    Navajo Woman and Infant, Canyon de Chelle, Arizona, 1941.

    [Ansel Adams]

  9. Evening, McDonald Lake, Glacier Park, 1941. [Ansel Adams]

    Evening, McDonald Lake, Glacier Park, 1941.

    [Ansel Adams]

  10. Church, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, 1942. [Ansel Adams]

    Church, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, 1942.

    [Ansel Adams]

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