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. Irish Spinner and Spinning Wheel  Co. Galway, Ireland, 1890s Irish history is so much richer than the bastardization found in the bars of America every year… [Source: Library of Congress “Views of Ireland” Collection.]

    Irish Spinner and Spinning Wheel 

    Co. Galway, Ireland, 1890s

    Irish history is so much richer than the bastardization found in the bars of America every year…

    [Source: Library of Congress “Views of Ireland” Collection.]

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