Mother Hubbard

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Noun
  • Longer midrange models made from higher quality material can go up to $50, while the most stylish and quality kimono robes can cost over $100.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In the clip of Carpenter’s SNL performance, Carpenter is seen singing to the front of the stage while sporting a short kimono-style robe and platform heels.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • According to the case's probable cause affidavit, which was reviewed by PEOPLE, Kohberger was caught after a sheath of the knife used in the murders was left at the scene in the bed where Mogen and Goncalves were found.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The murder weapon was never recovered, but the killer dropped a Ka-Bar knife sheath near Mogen's body.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Comes complete with an old granny dress, purse and wig.
    Katey Clifford, oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • To many analysts, this shift might have seemed baffling.
    Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The abrupt tonal shift left some MLB viewers confused, sparking an online conversation.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In one second-quarter stretch, Smart checked in, hit a jumper, flopped to draw an offensive foul on Curry, then hooked his arm around Curry’s shoulder and wrestled the Warriors star to the floor, earning him a flagrant 1 foul and prompting a celebration from Horford.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Şengün, whose five 3s were a career high, put the Rockets ahead, 102-101, with 38 seconds left in regulation on a short turnaround jumper.
    Joe Vardon, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The blanket comes with a USB charging cable, a pocket for the battery, and a stuff sack for storage and travel.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The 6-foot-4, 309-pound lineman played in eight total games for the team over the past two seasons, producing 15 tackles, a QB hit and a half-sack.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the late 18th century, French artist Elizabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun painted a portrait of Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, wearing a sloping straw hat and chemise dress — a typical undergarment for women at the time.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
  • But unlike other medieval libraries, the Clairvaux Romanesque manuscripts have an additional second cover, called a chemise, according to the study.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Enlarge / Vintage illustration of medieval women wearing kirtles.
    Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2023
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“Mother Hubbard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Mother%20Hubbard. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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