Definition of mobcap
: a woman's indoor cap made with a high full crown and often tied under the chin
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But in the 1860s, the British upper classes required their maids to wear a common uniform: a white mobcap, an apron, and a simple black dress.
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Some of these workers are young guys who also have mobcaps on their beards.
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Technicians in white coats who wear white sanitary mobcaps on their heads walk around quietly.
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Origin and Etymology of mobcap
mob woman's cap + cap
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