CABBAGETOWN


Meaning of CABBAGETOWN in English

/kab"ij town'/ , n. Canadian.

a depressed or dilapidated urban area, esp. a city slum.

[ after Cabbagetown, a depressed area of Toronto, allegedly so called because its inhabitants' diet consisted mainly of cabbage ]

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