Definitions for mobcaps

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mobcaps mob·cap

Spelling: [mob-kap]

IPA: /ˈmɒbˌkæp/

Mobcaps is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 228 anagrams from letters in mobcaps (abcmops).

Definitions for mobcaps

noun

1. 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 of mobcaps

1785-95; perhaps mob slattern (itself perhaps variant of Mab for Mabel) + cap¹

Examples for mobcaps

In her later years Mary is said to have worn a mobcap and kerchief.

The little witch-like woman with her black-handled stick and her mobcap was no unfrequent visitor to this shut-up house.