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Origin of swamp cabbage

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95

There was also the grapefruit diet, the cabbage soup diet, and the cookie diet.
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Without any evidence or provocation, she attacks Swamp Thing—and then gets beaten in the only fight she has in the issue.
Wonder Woman Takes a Big Step Back|Hugh Ryan|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Electric Swamp Blues How can you possibly find authentic swamp blues in Portland, Oregon?
The Best Albums of 2014|Ted Gioia|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Klain is not the first to crawl out of the swamp of Biden World on to the larger stage.
Where There’s Trouble, You’ll Usually Find Joe Biden|Lloyd Green|October 21, 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
A native brought news that a collector and his wife were hiding in a swamp near the road.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
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
Two companies deployed over a swamp and went along the beach under cover of the Utah Battery.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
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
The swamp is more easily accessible from Virginia than from North Carolina.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey