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mobcap

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mob·cap  (mbkp)
n.
A large high frilly cap with a full crown, worn indoors by women in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
[Probably mob, mobcap (possibly from Dutch mopmuts, cap : obsolete Dutch mop-, to cover up + muts, cap) + cap.]
mobcap
Noun
a woman's 18th-century cotton cap with a pouched crown [obsolete mob woman, esp. loose-living + cap]
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Noun1.mobcapmobcap - large high frilly cap with a full crown; formerly worn indoors by women
cap - a tight-fitting headdress


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Behind the old lady's chair marched Potapitch and Martha--Potapitch in his frockcoat and white waistcoat, with a cloak over all, and the forty-year-old and rosy, but slightly grey-headed, Martha in a mobcap, cotton dress, and squeaking shoes.
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