liberty cabbage

短语

发音

US

别名

Liberty cabbage

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Sauerkraut.

    美国 历史 不可数

    The largest quantity of vegetables prepared was Liberty cabbage, 661 barrels. If these barrels were placed lengthwise in a row, they would reach a distance of almost one-half a mile.

    September.—Made 8 hhds. of Liberty Cabbage; housed onions, tomatoes, canteloupe, watermelons; began the apple picking; supplied the house with vegetables and fruits. N. B.—The frost hit and killed our tender crops on September 11, 1917.

词源

Coined during the First World War as a substitute for the word sauerkraut, which had been borrowed from German around 1600.

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