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[mob-kap]

mob·cap

[mob-kap]
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.

Origin:
1785–95; perhaps mob slattern (itself perhaps variant of Mab for Mabel) + cap1
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Mobcap is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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mobcap (ˈmɒbˌkæp)
 
n
Often shortened to: mob a woman's large cotton cap with a pouched crown and usually a frill, worn esp during the 18th century
 
[C18: from obsolete mob woman, esp a loose-living woman, + cap]

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