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Savoy cabbage

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noun

a variety of cabbage having a compact head of crinkled, blistered leaves.

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Origin of Savoy cabbage

First recorded in 1700–10

Words nearby Savoy cabbage

savour, savoury, Savoy, Savoy Alps, Savoyard, Savoy cabbage, savvy, saw, Sawatch, sawbill, sawbones

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Example sentences from the Web for Savoy cabbage

There was also the grapefruit diet, the cabbage soup diet, and the cookie diet.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He took her to the Savoy Grill to eat lobster, and to his favorite Mexican joint for hot enchiladas.
Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History|Katie Baker|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The cooking odors of cabbage and meatloaf and carrots drifted through doorways.
Football Great Bob Suffridge Wanders Through the End Zone of Life|Paul Hemphill|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The stewed cabbage is insanely tender, vegetable-sweet, and more luxurious than cabbage has a right to be.
The Heart and Soul (Food) of Orlando|Jane & Michael Stern|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Is she back in the orphanage where it smells like ammonia and cooked cabbage?
When An Adopted Child Won’t Attach|Tina Traster|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Potato is planted very sparingly south of Piedmont, and not so commonly there as in Savoy.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
In the entrance hall of the Savoy, where large and lonely porters were dozing, he learnt that she was at home.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
On Sunday, at a few minutes past five, he arrived at the Savoy, and was taken to Mrs. Chepstow's room.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
What of the infinite goodness of God in teaching the grub of the ichneumon-fly to eat up the cabbage caterpillar alive?
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Beans and bacon, cabbage and brown hard dumplings, formed the bill of fare, which the men washed down with plenty of table beer.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie

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