MOTHER HUBBARD

PRONUNCIATION: (MUHTH-uhr HUHB-uhrd)

MEANING: noun: A loose shapeless dress for a woman.

ETYMOLOGY: After Mother Hubbard, a character in the nursery rhyme “Old Mother Hubbard”. Earliest documented use: 1877.

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OTHER HUBBARD - brother of the sci-fi author who created Dianetics on a bar bet (some say)

MO, THE HUB BARD - Moses was also known as the Shakespeare of Boston

MOTHER, BUBBA R'D - Ma, he just pronounced "railroad" correctly for the first time ever!