noun
informal mainly New ZealandA vegetable.
- ‘fresh summer veges are now in plentiful supply’
- ‘this money is earmarked for the vege garden’
- ‘Fruit and vegetables are dirt cheap now thanks to local fruit and vege shops.’
- ‘More water can be added for a spicy lentil and vege soup and if you need to feed a whole lot of people.’
- ‘I won't even go into the weeping tomatoes I found squashed in the bottom of the vege drawer.’
- ‘When I was younger, cabbage is the only vege I eat.’
- ‘I was much tempted by a vege samosa.’
- ‘I could smell daphne buds opening over a garden fence opposite the fruit and vege market.’
- ‘Love tea in the mornings, the smell of babies, vintage clothing, op shopping, lilies, growing our own veges.’
- ‘Any meat, veges, fruit or bakery items received are fresh fresh fresh!’
- ‘Australia have always had fruit and veges free of GST.’
- ‘I ate a little around it, and thought that maybe I'll just cope with the veges and forget about the steak.’
Origin
1940s an abbreviation.
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