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Mother Hubbard definition

Mother Hub·bard (hub′ərd)

  1. a character in an old nursery rhyme

  2. Etymology: from the costume in old illustrations of the rhyme

    a full, loose gown for women

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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