# cabbaging

Pronunciation: US/UK say "KA-bij-ing" /ˈkæbɪd͡ʒɪŋ/; AUS say "KAB-i-jing"

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of cabbage. — present participle and gerund of cabbage
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of cabbage. Use this -ing form for an action happening now, or to name the action itself.
   - _The tailor had been cabbaging fabric from wealthy clients for years._
   - _Cabbaging the leftover scraps was how he quietly supplemented his wages._

## Noun

2. The state of being lazy or bored, with little to do and no urge to do it. *(slang, UK)*
   - Simple: Time spent being lazy and bored, doing nothing much at all.
   - _After exams, she fell into days of pure cabbaging in front of the telly._
   - _All that cabbaging on the sofa left him oddly restless by evening._
3. A tailor's stealing of the offcuts of material left over while making a garment from a customer's own fabric. *(slang)*
   - Simple: The act of a tailor secretly keeping the leftover bits of a customer's cloth.
   - _The master tailor lost his reputation after years of cabbaging came to light._
   - _Cabbaging the surplus broadcloth, the cutter built up enough for a coat of his own._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cabbaging (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).