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▪ I. hubby, n.|ˈhʌbɪ|
[f. hub n.2 + -y: cf. baby.]
A familiar colloquialism for husband.
1688E. Ravenscroft London Cuckolds 28 Oh my hubby, dear, dear, dear hubby. 1798Morton Secr. worth knowing Epil. (Farmer), The wife, poor thing..Scarce knows again her lover in her hubby. 1803True Briton in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1804) VII. 274 My dear Hubbey, this can't make me sick. 1887Pall Mall G. 23 July 11 In disputes between a hubby and his better half.
▪ II. hubby, a. U.S.
[f. hub n.1 4 c + -y.]
‘Full of hubs or projecting protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby’ (Webster 1864).
1860in Bartlett Dict. Amer. |