hubby
Americannoun
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hubbies
plural
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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Finally, the Sun splashes on the marriage breakup of Katie Price and her "conman hubby", as the paper puts it, with: "Katie: I'm divorcing you, Lee."
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
That said, Ivanka Trump and hubby Jared Kushner reportedly got invited too, along with Jared’s brother Joshua Kushner and model wife Karlie Kloss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025
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
There's this really great hotel where hubby and I had our honeymoon.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
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
She was Miss Mae Collins, of Kansas City, originally, and Zecchi was either the second or third of her hubbies, or hobbies, whichever you'd care to call 'em.
From Torchy As A Pa by Sewell Ford
Three hubbies so far, I understand, two safe in a neat kept plot out in Los Angeles; one in the discards—and she's just been celebratin' the decree by travelin' abroad.
From On With Torchy by Foster Lincoln
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