rutabaga

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

First attested in 1799, borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) + bagge (“lump, bunch”).

They ground their own corn; the men-folks shot ducks and pigeons and prairie chickens; the new breakings yielded the turnip-like rutabagas, which they ate raw and boiled and baked and raw again. — Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
The din of small tradesmen and the humdrum of every city block where the homes remain unboarded all summer, and every wife is on haggling terms with the purveyor of her evening roundsteak and mess of rutabaga. — Americans All: Stories of American Life of To-Day, Unknown

swede, swedish turnip, yellow turnip

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