cabbage-eating
adjective
That eats cabbage or cabbages; also (derogatory ) applied to a person from a social class or a region (especially northern or eastern Europe) traditionally associated with the eating of cabbages.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Samuel Foote (bap. 1721, d. 1777), actor and playwright.
- houseful
- house furnishing
- house game
- house gecko
- house girl
- house god
- house governor
- house-green
- house guest
- house-head
- house-heating
- house help
- house hen
- household
- household appliance
- household beer
- household book
- household bread
- household brigade
- household business
- Household Cavalry
- household division
- household effects
- householder
- householdership