garden stuffn.
/ˈɡɑːdn ˌstʌf/, U.S. /ˈɡɑrdən ˌstəf/ Now chiefly North American.
Garden vegetables; fruit and vegetables; market garden produce.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > food plant or vegetable > [noun] > collectively
garden stuff1599
kitchen-tillage1669
wintergreensa1691
greens1710
kitchen stuffc1710
green ware1736
green stuff1778
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > [noun]
garden stuff1599
legume1653
kitchen-tillage1669
vegetive1678
olitory1696
vegetable food1700
kitchen stuffc1710
vegetable1727
veg1844
veggie1907
weggebobble1922
1599 R. Gardiner Profitable Instr. Kitchin Gardens Pref. sig. A2v That God may be glorified in his good gifts..and the poore the better releeued with Garden stuffe.
?1644 J. Winthrop Let. in R. C. Winthrop Life & Lett. J. Winthrop (1867) II. App. 460 All sorts of English fruits & garden stuffe, prosper very well heere.
a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1691) vi. 96 The..meliorating, and multiplying several sorts of Fruits, and Garden-Stuff.
1755 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 350/2 Cherries, peaches, pears, grain, and garden-stuff of all kinds.
1789 J. Woodforde Diary 5 Mar. (1927) III. 87 We had for dinner some Mutton Stakes, and a Turkey rosted, no Garden Stuff of any kind.
1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 178 She sold bread, butcher's meat, and garden-stuff, on commission.
1858 A. H. Clough Amours de Voyage in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 670 I am the ox in the dray, the ass with the garden-stuff panniers.
1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn iii. 19 Hog-drivers and women in carts taking garden stuff to market.
1926 Burlington (Iowa) Gaz. 29 Sept. 8/5 Garden stuff has nearly all been killed by the frost.
1994 A. Cameron Wedding Cakes, Rats & Rodeo Queens i. i. 9 Kitty and Savannah made supper, with the garden stuff and some sliced and fried-up baloney.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1599