Meanings
plural Cabbage Nights
- New JerseyNorthernaround New York City; Connecticut; Rhode Island; Massachusetts; and especially upstate New York and Vermont; around New York City; Connecticut; Rhode Island; Massachusetts; and especially upstate New York and VermontA particular night, commonly the night of the 30th to the 31st of October, during which young people play pranks and do mischief in their neighborhoods.
Synonyms: list in Mischief Night
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA particular night, commonly the night of the 30th to the 31st of October, during which young people play pranks and do mischief in their neighborhoods.
Origin
* Perhaps from the use of rotten cabbages in pranks on this night. * Perhaps because some towns used to pile all the left-over cabbage from the fields and light a bonfire on the night before Halloween.
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Cabbage Night. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cabbage%20Night
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