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CABBAGE.—To appropriate without permission; to crib, but not applied to a serious theft.
"I zin a lot o' apples laayin' unner a tree an' zo cabbaged this yer un."
CADDLE, or CATTLE.—To hurry so as to confuse.
"Dwoant 'e caddle me an' maayke me do 't all wrong."
"In a caddle" is 'in great confusion.'
CADDLIN'.—Untidy, slipshod.
"A done that ther job in a caddlin' waay."
CADGER.—A beggar, a loafer of dishonest appearance.
CAFE.—A calf.
CALL.—Occasion.
"Thee hasn't no call to spake to I like that ther."
CALLER, or CALLOW.—Naked, to "lie caller" is to lie bare or without crop.
"Young birds are always described as "caller" when first hatched.
CANKERED.—Cross grained, misanthropic. A cut or wound is described as "cankered" when it begins to present a bad appearance through being neglected.
CANTANKEROUS.—Easily ruffled in temper, obstructive, with petty obstinacy; almost universal.
CAN'T BE OFF.—The usual phrase to indicate impossibility of mistake.
If 'e goes athirt the vield o' vallers, e' cant be off a zeein' the haayre as I telled 'e about a zettin in her vorm."
CAP.—To outdo.
"That ther caps all" (that outdoes all that has gone before).
CAPPENTER.—A carpenter.
CAR.—To carry.
CARDIN.—According.
CARLINE.—Caroline.
