cabbage:
(plural: ‘cabbages‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king”, the letter ‘g’ is said with a ‘j’ sound as in “judge”)
a cabbage (an inactive person)
a person who has no interest or who does not take part in anything;
an inactive person — a person who cannot move his body or parts of his/her body because of some damage to the brain;
a sweetheart; (an affectionate expression for a ‘pleasant person’); a dear,
Christopher Reeves, the Superman movie hero, after the accident
Jonson used to be a cabbage — not interested in anything, but after taking some course in yoga, he’s become a real busy bee.
After the horse riding accident, the Superman movie hero, Christopher Reeves, became a cabbage, unable to move his hands or legs.
How do you expect to win the match when you have a team of cabbages; remove them and bring in some young and energetic player if you ever to want win again!
The commonest meaning: a green vegetable;’cabbage’ is also used for money in the form of currency notes (bills).
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