| 释义 |
mother hubbard
\-ˈhəbə(r)d\ noun
(plural mother hubbards)
Usage: often capitalized M&H
Etymology: probably after Mother Hubbard, character in a nursery rhyme (1805) by Sarah C. Martin died 1826 English writer; from the garb worn by Mother Hubbard in old illustrations
: a woman's loose usually shapeless dress
< she had an old mother hubbard wrapped loosely about her — Bill Ballinger > |