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Quotation dates: 1914
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CUBBITCH, n. A ne.Sc. form of Eng. cabbage, pieces of cloth cut off and kept as a perquisite by tailors when making a garment. [′kʌbɪtʃ]Abd. 1914 J. Leatham Daavit 69:
Saunders lookit at me, an' lookit at the claith, dootfully, an' said he wid try; an' the “try” wid mean, like, 'at he wid try ti mak the soot an' get a bittie cubbitch tee.
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