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mob caps

mob caps is the plural of mob cap.

Meaning of mob cap

Noun

mob cap (plural mob caps)

  1. (historical) A plain cap or headdress for women or girls, especially one tied under the chin by a very broad band, and having a puffy crown and frills.
    • You must get a brown gown, and a white apron, and a mob cap, and we must make you a few wrinkles, and a little of the crowsfoot at the corner of your eyes, and you will be a very proper, little old woman.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 305–306
  2. (modern-day use) A disposable head covering with an elasticated band, worn for cleanliness in industrial settings.

Questions about mob caps

What is mob caps the plural of?
Mob caps is the plural of mob cap.

Words near mob caps in the dictionary

  1. Moattalites
  2. moaty
  3. Moazagotl
  4. mob
  5. mob cap
  6. mob caps
  7. mob football
  8. mob handed
  9. mob law
  10. mob mentalities
  11. mob mentality

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