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If our whole system were to become vegetarian altogether the poor would be forced to live on vegetarian cag-mag, while the rich lived on vegetarian dainties (qtd in Winsten 94). close window
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hernesheir commented on the word cag-mag
A small inferior breed of sheep such as are fed on heathy barren commons. --Holloway's Provincial Dictionary, Hampshire.
Unwholesome meat. The flesh of animals that die of disease or casualty. --Baker's Northamptonshire Glossary.
An old tough goose unfit for the table. --Pennant's Tour in Scotland, 1774.
September 26, 2011