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词汇 cabbage-tree mob
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Definition of cabbage-tree mob in English:

cabbage-tree mob

(also cabbage-tree hat mob)
noun
Australian historical

  • A gang of boisterous, often badly behaved young men, particularly in an urban area.

    these youth gangs can be traced back to the cabbage-tree mobs of the 1850s
    inadequate policing of the streets enabled the cabbage-tree mob to roam at night assaulting people
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He dates back to the cabbageites and the cabbage-tree mobs of the early nineteenth century.
    • They were constantly worried about crime and the disrespectful behaviour of Cabbage Tree Hat mobs, larrikin pushes and bodgie gangs.
    • A gang of larrikins in Sydney in the 1870s were known as the 'Cabbage-tree Mob' because of their distinctive headgear.
    • There was a cabbage-tree mob in Sydney given to assaulting people at night and in the 1920s.
    • The Cabbage Tree Mob were distinctive in their Cabbage Tree hats.

Origin

Mid 19th. cent: from cabbage tree + mob. The gangs wore cabbage-tree hats as a badge of identity.
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