English Dictionary

cabbaging

名詞

イギリス英語 俗語 不可算名詞

(slang, UK) Being lazy or in a state of boredom. / (slang) The stealing of offcuts of material by a tailor making a garment with a customer's fabric.

日本語の意味

怠惰であったり、何もする気が起きず、退屈な状態であること。 / 仕立て屋が、顧客の生地を用いて衣服を作る際に、余分な切れ端をこっそり盗む行為。

The manager frowned at his employees' cabbaging during the meeting.

マネージャーは会議中に従業員のぐうたらぶりをしかめ面で見た。

意味（1）

(slang, UK) Being lazy or in a state of boredom.

意味（2）

(slang) The stealing of offcuts of material by a tailor making a garment with a customer's fabric.

The tailor in the East … is made to cut out the cloth in presence of its owner, to prevent cabbaging.