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cabbage

/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/ verb C2
  1. To embezzle or purloin; to pilfer, to steal. (transitive)

He/she/it cabbages · Past cabbaged · Past participle cabbaged · -ing form cabbaging

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Verb forms

Base form
cabbage
He/she/it
cabbages
Past
cabbaged
Past participle
cabbaged
-ing form
cabbaging

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I don’t believe a rose _would_ be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk cabbage.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 50 · C1
In the meantime, my dear Lucien, here are cigars—contraband, of course—try them, and persuade the minister to sell us such instead of poisoning us with cabbage leaves.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 429 · C1
From amongst these vegetables he selected the most simple—a cabbage, for instance.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 530 · C1
For three days he watered this cabbage with a distillation of arsenic; on the third, the cabbage began to droop and turn yellow.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 530 · C1

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