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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; perh. mob slattern (itself perh. var. of Mab for Mabel) + cap 1
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mob·cap   (mŏb'kāp')   
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) + cap1.]
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