Mother Hubbard

English thumb|250px|Tahitian girls in their unadorned Mother Hubbards between 1880 and 1889. Etymology From "Old Mother Hubbard", a nursery rhyme. Noun Mother Hubbard en fashion A long, wide, loose gown with long sleeves and a high neck originally introduced by Christian missionaries as an adaptation of 19th-century European fashion to Polynesia but subsequently inclusive of lighter and more colorful variations. chapter 49 Her arms were like legs of mutton, her breasts like giant cabbages; her face, broad and fleshy, gave you an impression of almost indecent nakedness, and vast chin succeeded to vast chin. I do not know how many of them there were. They fell away voluminously into the capaciousness of her bosom. She was dressed usually in a pink Mother Hubbard, and she wore all day long a large straw hat. Synonyms en holoku Hawaiian contexts Translations a loose-fitting dress Hawaiian: haw holokū Russian: ru миссионе́рское пла́тье n Adjective Mother Hubbard en idiomatic colloquial Empty. en 2012 Cecil Castellucci Beige 24 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-dtIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA24&dq=%22pretty+mother+hubbard%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj328qaqPr3AhXl7nMBHdjRBPgQ6AF6BAgMEAI#v=onepage&q=%22pretty%20mother%20hubbard%22&f=false "Other than my earthquake kit, the cupboards are looking pretty Mother Hubbard. We can go to the Farmers Market and get some produce." en 2013 Colum McCann TransAtlantic https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kSx2b1J4wwMC&pg=PT287&dq=%22bit+mother+hubbard%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj72dusqPr3AhXM73MBHXB-AxsQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=%22bit%20mother%20hubbard%22&f=false "It's a bit Mother Hubbard, I'm afraid.'" We made our way through the empty house. Derived terms en Mother Hubbard clause Further reading Mother Hubbard dress en eponyms