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mob·cap | \ ˈmäb-ˌkap 
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\Definition of mobcap
: a woman's indoor cap made with a high full crown and often tied under the chin
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Recent Examples on the Web 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, "The Underclass Origins of the Little Black Dress," 13 Oct. 2017 Some of these workers are young guys who also have mobcaps on their beards.
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Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, "The Vertical Farm," 9 Jan. 2017 Technicians in white coats who wear white sanitary mobcaps on their heads walk around quietly.
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Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, "The Vertical Farm," 9 Jan. 2017
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The first known use of mobcap was in 1785
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