Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal)A type of dance which involves extending one's arms out while making fists with each hand and moving the arms in a horizontal, circular motion.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cabbage, patch.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Tom is out digging in the cabbage patch.

    ruТом сейчас вскапывает капустную грядку.

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  2. Tom put slug pellets on the cabbage patch.

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  3. Do you guys remember Cabbage Patch Kids?

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  4. The marketing claimed that each Cabbage Patch Kid was different from all the rest.

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Origin

The dance name derives from the toy brand Cabbage Patch Kids, perhaps influenced by the sl

The dance name derives from the toy brand Cabbage Patch Kids, perhaps influenced by the slang term cabbage meaning "paper money".

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Forms

plural: cabbage patches
Singularcabbage patch
Pluralcabbage patches

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cabalcabaretcabbageB1cabinB1cabinetB2cableB2
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