- Mother Hubbard
- noun Etymology: probably from Mother Hubbard, character in a nursery rhyme Date: 1884 a loose usually shapeless dress
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Mother Hubbard
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Mother Hubbard — can have different, probably related, meanings: Old Mother Hubbard is a nursery rhyme. Mother Hubbard (dress) is a dress from the South Seas. A Mother Hubbard was another name for a camelback steam locomotive. This disambiguation page lists… … Wikipedia
Mother Hubbard — Old Mother Hubbard, nursery rhyme, was printed 1805, written by Sarah Catherine Martin (1768 1826) but based on earlier material of unknown origin (the name is attested from 1591) … Etymology dictionary
Mother Hubbard — [hub′ərd] n. 1. a character in an old nursery rhymea character in an old nursery rhyme 2. [from the costume in old illustrations of the rhyme] a full, loose gown for women … English World dictionary
Mother Hubbard — noun a woman s loose unbelted dress • Syn: ↑muumuu • Hypernyms: ↑dress, ↑frock * * * Mother Hubbard [Mother Hubbard] ; » … Useful english dictionary
Mother Hubbard — /mʌðə ˈhʌbəd/ (say mudhuh hubuhd) noun (sometimes lower case) a kind of full, loose gown worn by women. {from the nursery rhyme character, Mother Hubbard} …
Mother Hubbard dress — Tahitian girls in their unadorned grandmother s dresses between 1880 and 1889. A Mother Hubbard dress is a long, wide, loose fitting gown with long sleeves and a high neck.[citation needed] Intended to cover as much skin as possible, it was… … Wikipedia
mother hubbard — Cockney Rhyming Slang Cupboard There s nothing in the mother … English dialects glossary
Mother Hubbard — /hub euhrd/ 1. a full, loose gown, usually fitted at the shoulders, worn by women. 2. a character in a nursery rhyme. * * * … Universalium
Mother Hubbard — Moth′er Hub′bard [[t]ˈhʌb ərd[/t]] n. clo a women s loose gown, usu. fitted at the shoulders • Etymology: 1915–20; after a nursery rhyme character … From formal English to slang
Mother Hubbard — Holokū … English-Hawaiian dictionary
