Mother Shipton

/ (ˈʃɪptən) /

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noun

a day-flying noctuid moth, Callistege mi, mottled brown in colour and named from a fancied resemblance between its darker marking and a haggish profile

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Word Origin for Mother Shipton

named after Mother Shipton, a legendary prophetess in 15th-century Yorkshire

Words nearby Mother Shipton

mother-out-law, mother's boy, Mother's Day, mother's helper, mother ship, Mother Shipton, mother spleenwort, mother superior, Mother Teresa, mother tongue, Motherwell

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How to use Mother Shipton in a sentence

Near by is the lovely little glen of Pynkinscleugh, concerning which Mother Shipton predicted strange things, as yet unrealised.
The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast|Various
There was a figure on crutches at the door; and Old Mother Shipton, the witch, kicked the astonished visitor as he left.
Old and New London|Walter Thornbury
One of the witnesses recognised her, from her likeness to the portraits of Mother Shipton the sorceress.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450|Various
Only Mother Shipton—once the strongest of the party—seemed to sicken and fade.
The Short-story|William Patterson Atkinson

He dropped a warning to the Duchess and Mother Shipton, who of course knew the facts of their associate's defection.
The Short-story|William Patterson Atkinson