mob cap
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From mob (“unruly group”) + cap (“hat”), in reference to the riots of French Revolution.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒb kap/
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Noun
- (chiefly historical) A plain cap or headdress for women or girls, especially one tied under the chin by a very broad band, and having a puffy crown and frills.
- 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Mansfield Park: , volume I, London: for T Egerton, , →OCLC, pages 305–306:
- You must get a brown gown, and a white apron, and a mob cap, and we must make you a few wrinkles, and a little of the crowsfoot at the corner of your eyes, and you will be a very proper, little old woman.
- 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York, published 2007, page 161:
- She was dressed entirely in flowing black cerements and wore a little lacy mob-cap on a mass of dead-looking yellowish white hair; her features were still beautiful, but her face was completely covered with mauve face-powder.
- (modern-day use) A disposable head covering with an elasticated band, worn for cleanliness in industrial settings.
Translations
plain cap or headdress for women or girls
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