mobcap

[ mob-kap ]

/ ˈmɒbˌkæp /

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noun

a soft cloth cap with a full crown, fitting down over the ears and frequently tying beneath the chin, formerly worn indoors by women.

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Origin of mobcap

1785–95; perhaps mob slattern (itself perhaps variant of Mab for Mabel) + cap¹

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Each CAP, also known as an “orbit,” consists on four aircraft.
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In fact, Clark fell back first from her blows, losing his cap, tie, and badge in the melee.
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The cap devices on thousands of identical hats glinted in the late morning sun along with the shields worn by each of the cops.
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Lay the butterflied pork loin on the cutting board with the fat cap facing down.
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The highest form of political courage is doing the right thing when the mob is against it.
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The parliament house and library of the British provinces, at Montreal, burned by a mob.
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The moon rose on a terrified mob trudging or riding the forty miles of road between Meerut and the Mogul capital.
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Two artillery subalterns who had fought their way through a mob stricken with panic for the moment, soon arrived.
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At once cover the mouth of the tube with a filter-paper cap moistened with saturated aqueous solution of silver nitrate (1:1).
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With horror she had heard her brother addressed by a disreputable costermonger in a mangy fur cap, as "Old pal."
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British Dictionary definitions for mobcap

mobcap

/ (ˈmɒbˌkæp) /

noun

a woman's large cotton cap with a pouched crown and usually a frill, worn esp during the 18th centuryOften shortened to: mob

Word Origin for mobcap

C18: from obsolete mob woman, esp a loose-living woman, + cap

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