Mother Hubbard

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Noun
  • Design and color Traditional kimonos are known for their elaborate and stylish designs, but since the look has become more popular in Western culture, kimono-style robes are available in a variety of plain and simple styles as well.
    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
  • Forensic technicians tested the sheath for DNA evidence, ultimately recovering a sample on the snap.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Flavors of peach, citrus blossom, and guava are wrapped in a sheath of brilliant acidity.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Comes complete with an old granny dress, purse and wig.
    Katey Clifford, oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • The shift marks the end of the pandemic’s geographic free-for-all.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Hope is a decision that tens of thousands of New Yorkers made, day after day, volunteer shift after volunteer shift, despite attack ad after attack ad.
    TIME Video, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Guard Jimmy Black added a 10-foot jumper, Doherty hit a free throw and Worthy added two more baskets to put North Carolina ahead 55-47.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Miami freshman Shelton Henderson has been noted to me as a player to keep an eye on early due to his athleticism and size on the wing at 6-6 with long arms, even if the jumper remains a work in progress.
    Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The Broncos have 40 sacks on the year, which is 12 more than the second place Detroit Lions.
    Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The Ravens’ 11 sacks through eight games are the second fewest in the league.
    Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 5 Nov. 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 8 Nov. 2025.

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