cabbage
4
9.9
- noun
- /ˈkæbɪdʒ/
- Archaic
- She just ransomed me with cabbage!
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Examples
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Made some nice cabbage on the Oscar Jackson fight.
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You got some cabbage for me?
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Man, they had a lot of cabbage just in first class alone.
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You said if we switched the ransom money with the cabbage, nothing would happen.
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His mother doled out cabbage.
Fiction book (2002) -
Joe reaches into his jacket and pulls out a wad of money the size of a small cabbage.
Fiction book (1992) -
Luster says, "Let's go, baby," and she gathers up the cabbage wad of money.
Fiction book (1992) -
If you've got no money now, you'll cry tears big as October cabbages.
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He pulled out a large stack of cabbage to pay for the new bike.
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After working overtime, he finally had some extra cabbage to treat himself.
Synonyms
145
9.4
A slang word for money
119
8.6
An informal word for money that people use
99
8.3
Informal name for money used to buy things
59
4.4
Things stolen from shops during chaos
17
9.2
An informal word for money
13
9.0
An informal, playful word for money from Spanish
7
9.9
Money you use to buy things
4
8.6
Small amounts of money
4
9.9
Informal word for money, often meaning cash
3
9.9
Money gained in a dishonest or unfair way
3
9.9
Money in cash that people use to buy things
2
9.9
A slang word for money, often cash
2
8.6
Money that people use to buy things
2
9.9
An informal name for money someone has to spend
2
9.9
An informal word for money
1
9.9
A large amount of cash kept for spending
1
9.9
An informal word for money, especially dollars
1
9.9
Money gained by dishonest or shameful means
1
5.4
An informal word for money or for green salad leaves
Antonyms
Compounds
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2.3
A vegetable with long pale green leaves and thick white stalks used in Asian cooking
1
3.4
A small white butterfly whose caterpillars eat cabbage and other garden plants
- UK
1
2.6
A wild leafy plant that is the ancestor of garden vegetables like kale or broccoli
1
3.7
A vegetable with a long head and crisp stalks like celery used in East Asian cooking
1
2.6
A leafy vegetable with white stalks and dark green leaves used in Asian cooking
- Indian
1
9.8
A tropical tree with poisonous, smelly bark and hard wood used in traditional medicine
- New Zealand
1
7.5
A New Zealand tree with long narrow leaves and tall clusters of fragrant flowers
- Specialized
1
2.7
A garden plant like cabbage, broccoli or cauliflower that people grow to eat
- Australian
1
7.3
A floating water plant with soft triangular leaves that often forms thick mats
- Indian
A tropical tree with smelly, poisonous bark and strong wood whose bark and seeds people use as medicine
- NSFW
A tropical American tree with rough, smelly poisonous outer layer and very hard wood used in traditional medicine
A plant that lives for more than one year with white flowers whose leaves are eaten as greens
A small white butterfly whose caterpillars eat cabbage and other garden plants
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Etymology
The slang use of cabbage for 'money' is likely a playful extension of the vegetable's name, like other slang words such as 'lettuce' or 'greens' for cash, and a helpful way to remember it is to picture piles of green cabbage as 'money'.