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Definition of Mother hubbard
1. Noun. A woman's loose unbelted dress.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mother Hubbard
Literary usage of Mother hubbard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1898)
"Here comes mother hubbard, and \vho 's that with her ? ... What I want to ask
Simon is this: Has mother hubbard told you what we are all to do for her here ..."
2. Publishers Weeklyby Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1902)
"Old mother hubbard . 40 Colors. A Revelation In Printing. Moon Children ....
1.25 10 Colors. An exquisite. Kid* of Many Colors .... 1.25 The Original. ..."
3. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"In one edition there are these additional lines: "Old mother hubbard sat down in a
... mother hubbard AND HER DOG Old mother hubbard Went to the cupboard. ..."
4. The Story of the Philippines: Natural Riches, Industrial Resources by Murat Halstead (1898)
"The mother hubbard Street Fashion in Honolulu, and That of Riding Astride—•
Spoiling Summer ... The mother hubbard gown is not without its attractions, ..."
5. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories: A by Robert Ford (1904)
"OLD mother hubbard. Old mother hubbard, she went to the cupboard, To get her poor
doggie a bone ; When she got there, the cupboard was bare, And so the poor ..."
6. The New York Times Current History (1918)
"[American Cartoon] The German mother hubbard —Cartoon» Magasine, Chicago.
Old Kaiser Cain Went to Ukraine To get his starved people some corn: But when he ..."
7. The Nursery by Fanny P Seaverns, John L. Shorey (Firm (1872)
"Old mother hubbard, she went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a b'one, ...
If old mother hubbard lived now: [food, I And hear the dog say, "Bow, wow! ..."
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