mother hubbard

/M AH1 DH ER0 HH AH1 B ER0 D/
adjective
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    (idiomatic, colloquial) Empty.

noun
  1. 1

    (fashion) A long, wide, loose gown with long sleeves and a high neck originally introduced by Christian missionaries as an adaptation of 19th-century European fashion to Polynesia but subsequently inclusive of lighter and more colorful variations.