collard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

Syncopic form of colewort (“cabbage, cabbage greens”), from Middle English colewort, coolwort, coulwort (“colewort”).

Perhaps Sergeant Collard had actually recognised the boy. — Mike, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Perhaps Sergeant Collard had actually recognized the boy. — Mike and Psmith, Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
His labourer blushed, then whispered to the waggoner: "What's 'appened, Mister Collard?" — The best British short stories of 1922, Unknown

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