cut and come again
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[edit]Noun
[edit]cut and come again (uncountable)
- A situation where one possesses plenty of wealth or resources.
- 1839, John Francis Bray, Labour's wrongs and labour's remedy, page 55:
- His loaf continually increases instead of diminishing: with him, it is cut and come again, for ever.
- (horticulture) An approach to growing lettuces, etc. where one harvests only the outer leaves, leaving the inner part of the plant to grow replacements that can be harvested later.
- (food) A type of English fruitcake.