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MOTHER HUBBARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mother Hubbard mean? 

MOTHER HUBBARD (noun)
  The noun MOTHER HUBBARD has 1 sense:

1. a woman's loose unbelted dressplay

  Familiarity information: MOTHER HUBBARD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOTHER HUBBARD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman's loose unbelted dress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Mother Hubbard; muumuu

Hypernyms ("Mother Hubbard" is a kind of...):

dress; frock (a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice)


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