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.
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.
A disposable head covering with an elasticated band, worn for cleanliness in industrial settings.
From mob (“unruly group”) + cap (“hat”), in reference to the riots of French Revolution.
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