hubby
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of hubby
1680–90; by shortening and alteration; see -y 2
Example Sentences
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“Once you catch a whiff, that’s biology’s way of letting you know you need to clean it up,” she said in an appearance with her hubby on “The View.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
He added that no-one should "build any politics or arguments around so-called 21 farms allegedly owned by Cde Bona and her estranged hubby".
From BBC ● May 3, 2023
According to prosecutors, he replied: “I can find you a hubby in dawla when u get there.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
This also happened when my hubby was in the hospital: I kept his family informed, but on the two times they visited, I was excluded from the conversation.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2022
Kira didn't know where the woman lived or who her hubby or children might be.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
And while the women seemed to have worked through any beef with one another, the hubbies, past and present, might be another story.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2017
Some of these hubbies are more like the Big Baby, with their wives as scolding, comforting, tolerant or impatient mommies.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2011
On a typical day, families were scattered and apart, tykes scampering unsupervised, parents at work; but today hubbies stood with their wives and tykes with their families.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
Into Thibet," said the Tertium Quid, "ever so far from people who say horrid things, and hubbies who write stupid letters.
From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard
"You two hubbies, you had better lay aside the darning-needle and seize the pie plate," he said, fanning himself with Roxanne's scissors.
From Phyllis by Johnson, Percy D.
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