Meaning of mob cap | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A plain cap or headdress for women or girls, especially one tied under the chin by a very broad band, and having a puffy crown and frills.
   historical
2. A disposable head covering with an elasticated band, worn for cleanliness in industrial settings.

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Examples

“You must get a brown gown, and a white apron, and a mob cap, and we must make you a few wrinkles, and a little of the crowsfoot at the corner of your eyes, and you will be a very proper, little old woman.”

“She was dressed entirely in flowing black cerements and wore a little lacy mob-cap on a mass of dead-looking yellowish white hair; her features were still beautiful, but her face was completely covered with mauve face-powder.”

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