cabbaging

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cabbaging - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cabbage \Cab"bage\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabbaged (-b[asl]jd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Cabbaging (-b[asl]*j[i^]ng).] [F.cabasser,
     fr. OF. cabas theft; cf. F. cabas basket, and OF. cabuser to
     cheat.]
     To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining
     after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.
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           Your tailor . . . cabbages whole yards of cloth.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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