cabbaging

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of cabbage

noun

1. (UK, slang, uncountable)Being lazy or in a state of boredom.
2. (slang, uncountable)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".”