Meaning

noun informal terms for money

noun a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head

noun coarse curly-leafed cabbage

originFrom Northern Middle English cale, cal (Southern col), from Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Compare Icelandic kál (“cabbage”), German Kohl (“cabbage”). Doublet of caulis, cole, and gobi.

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