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Not so green as I'm cabbage looking

Posted by Gary on April 25, 2005

In Reply to: Not so green as I'm cabbage looking posted by Fiona on April 25, 2005

: Whats the history of the old Yorkshire saying, I'm not so green as I'm cabbage looking?

I don't know the history. What it means is 'I might be ugly but I'm not naive'. It's still used here in Yorkshire.

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