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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.