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noun
Synonym of Mother Hubbard: a kind of loose dress introduced to Hawaii by Christian missionaries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hawaii
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Synonyms: Mother Hubbard
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Hawaiian holokū, usually explained as some sense of holo (“go”) and kū (“stop”).
