cabbage, noun

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EnglishShow more Named for the green colour of the banknote: cf. English and North American slang cabbage money.
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In urban (especially township) English: a ten-rand banknote.
1984 M. Mthethwa in Frontline July 28Their pockets and wallets and purses are thickly lined with stacks of ‘cabbages’ and ‘chocolates’ — ten and twenty-rand banknotes.
1992 M. Mthethwa in Pace Aug. 38‘Cabbages’ and ‘chocolates’ (R10 and R20 notes in township parlance) exchange hands in seconds at another shelter.
1994 Wilhelm & Naidoo in Sunday Times 1 May 15Notes all have different names: a R10 is a cabbage (because it is green) or a tiger.
a ten-rand banknote.
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