The word "cabbages" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the vegetable or in a metaphorical sense, such as describing something as being dull or uninteresting.
Example: "The garden was filled with vibrant flowers, but the cabbages looked rather drab in comparison."
Alternatives: "vegetables" or "greens."
I have two on the allotment: they are invaluable for tubers, and can store cabbages for a month or so if the roots are kept on.
"My sprouts, cauliflowers and cabbages have been decline as people are eating other things," says Rawson, who is based in Yorkshire.
As ever, Brown lightens the whole effect with sly touches of humour: where you might expect to see lifebelts he has hung a row of scurvy-beating cabbages.
It was there in 1896 that the pseudonymous American writer O. Henry wrote "Cabbages and Kings", a derisive tale of torpor, in which he coined the term "banana republic".
He says it is nonsense to believe that oil derives from "squashed fish and putrefied cabbages".
On the other hand, if his thermodynamic calculations are correct, it is also difficult to see how crude oil could have arisen from squashed fish and putrefied cabbages.
"IT IS better to sell cabbages than colour televisions" is a common quip these days among Chinese television manufacturers.
But if they can't be persuaded to pick cabbages, it could mean taking migrants from elsewhere: without European labourers, new seasonal worker programmes would be necessary, says Mr Hartfield.
The underlying problem of insurgents using North Waziristan as a haven from which to launch attacks and assist jihadist terrorists remains.In this section Of cabbages and Kims Hobbling along On the brink The Petraeus strategy up close Mount Everest is singing for joy At least they started And never the twain?
With 100,000 security personnel deployed in the city centre, and lengthy security checks at each event, their worries may have been overstated.In this section Of cabbages and Kims Hobbling along On the brink The Petraeus strategy up close Mount Everest is singing for joy At least they started And never the twain?
It is a national symbol, and the one food item that (in an entirely unscientific poll undertaken by The Economist) a majority of Koreans "cannot live without".In this section Of cabbages and Kims Hobbling along On the brink The Petraeus strategy up close Mount Everest is singing for joy At least they started And never the twain?
