Mother Hubbard
Empty pantry discoverer
Mother Hubbard is the title character of a nursery rhyme who goes to her cupboard to fetch her dog a bone but finds it bare.
The name has become shorthand for an empty pantry or bare provisions: The fridge was Old Mother Hubbard—nothing but condiments.
A Mother Hubbard is also a loose, shapeless dress covering the body from neck to feet, named for how the character is typically depicted.
- apronWaist-tied protective garment
- dogDomesticated barking mammal
- cupboardEnclosed storage furniture
- boneHard skeletal tissue
- dressSkirted one-piece garment
grandmother · nursery rhyme · children's verse · nursery rhymes · garment · robe · cloak · pantry · gown · bread · matron · bare cupboard · loose-fitting · Victorian era · kettle · folklore · old woman · fairy tale
- nursery rhymeslullabies, Little Jack Horner, cradle songs, nursery rhymes, Rock-a-Bye Baby
Mother Hubbardcornucopia
Abundance symbol, horn-shaped
horn of plenty · abundance · plenty · land of milk and honey · feast
Mother Hubbardbodycon dress
Form-fitting women's garment
sheath dress · pencil dress · tight dress · cocktail dress · fitted dress
mother, Hubbard, mothers, mothered, mothering, motherhood, motherly, motherless