: 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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Shelley Puhak, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2017
Some of these workers are young guys who also have mobcaps on their beards.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2017
Technicians in white coats who wear white sanitary mobcaps on their heads walk around quietly.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2017
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Shelley Puhak, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2017
Some of these workers are young guys who also have mobcaps on their beards.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2017
Technicians in white coats who wear white sanitary mobcaps on their heads walk around quietly.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2017
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“Mobcap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobcap. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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