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Cabbage
·noun The cabbage palmetto. ·see <<Below>>.
II. Cabbage ·vi To form a head like that the cabbage; a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cabbage
Cloth, stuff, or silkpurloined by laylors from their employers, which they deposit in a place called...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cabbage
A cant word for shreds and patches made by tailors in cutting out clothes.--Todd. From this comes to...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cabbage
Those principally useful to the seaman are the esculent cabbage-tree (Areca oleracea), which attains...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Garden
·vt To cultivate as a garden.
II. Garden ·noun A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.
I...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Garden
Gardens in the East, as the Hebrew word indicates, are enclosures on the outskirts of towns, planted...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Sea cabbage
·- ·see Sea kale, under <<Kale>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cabbage-palm
n.
same as cabbage-tree1 (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cabbage-tree
n
1) Name given to various palmtrees of which the heart of the young leaves is eaten like thehead o...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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maori-cabbage
n.
the wild cabbage of NewZealand, Brassica spp., N.O. Cruciferae, said tobe descended from the cab...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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native cabbage
n.
The Nasturtiumpalustre, De C., N.O. Cruciferae, is so called,but in spite of its name it is not ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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palm, cabbage
n.
i.q. Cabbage-tree (q.v.)
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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skunk cabbage
(Lat. Ictodes foetidus.) A strong-scented, repulsive plant, exceedingly meritorious of the name it b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Brook's Garden
In Heneage Lane, Aldgate (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dorset Garden
In Salisbury Court in Fleet Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799)./Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden Alley
See Two Swan Yard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden Court
1) In St. Botolph, Bishopsgate Churchyard in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799)...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden Place
West out of Middlesex Street. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O.S. 1880.
Former...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden Row
In the Inner Temple, within the Temple precincts (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the m...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden Street (Great)
See Great Garden Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Grocers' Garden
On the north side of Grocers' Hall (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755).
Shown but not named in O. and M. 16...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hatton Garden
North from Holborn Circus, at No. 8, to Clerkenwell Road (P.O Directory).
Outside the City boundary...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Jews' Garden
In the parish of St. Giles without Cripplegate, to the east of Aldersgate Street.
First mention: "l...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Patrick's Garden
Near the Tower of London.
Part of the possessions of the Abbey of Graces, on which Lord Burghley ha...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rolls' Garden
On the west side of Clifford's Inn Gardens, on the western boundary of Farringdon Ward Without (O.S....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Salters' Garden
North of Oxford Court (O.S. 1894-6). Formerly on the west and south sides of Salters' Hall (O. and M...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tokenhouse Garden
See Tokenhouse Yard2, Lothbury.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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convent garden
vulgarly called common garden. Anciently, the garden belonging to a dissolved monastery; now famous ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cabbage-tree mob
and Cabbagites
obsolete Australian slang for modern Larrikins (q.v)., becausewearing cabbage-tree h...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Devonshire House Garden
See Devonshire Square.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Garden Street
East out of St. Katherine's Lane to Helmet Court and Butcher Row (Lockie, 1810).
Former names : A t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Merchant Taylors' Garden
See Merchant Taylors' Hall.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Shepherd's Garden, Minories
See Sheppy Place.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bear-garden jaw
Rude, vulgar language, such as was used at the bear-gardens.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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covent garden abbess
A bawd.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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covent garden ague
The venereal disease. He broke his shins against Covent Garden rails; he caught the venereal disorde...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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covent garden nun
A prostitute.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Covent Garden, East Smithfield
Inhabited by foreigners in 1635 (L. and P. Chas. I. Dom. S. 1635, p. 594).
Not mentioned in any of ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden Court, Petticoat Lane
See Garden Place, Hutchison Avenue and Seven Step Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(The) Great Garden, Great Gardens
See Great Garden Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Uzza, The Garden Of
the spot in which Manasseh king of Judah and his son Amon were buried. (2 Kings 21:18,26) It was the...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Six Garden Court, Paul's Alley, Cripplegate
See Garden Court and Young's Buildings.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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finish. the finish; a small coffee-house in coven garden, market, opposite russel-street, open very early in the morning, and therefore resorted to by debauchees shut out of every other house: it is also called carpenter's coffee- house.
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose