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Quotation dates: 1922
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‡HUBBIE, n. Also hubby. A cotton jerkin or smock worn by Orkney women at their household duties (Ork. 1866 Edm. Gl., 1929 Marw., Ork. 1957); “a bed-gown” (Ork. 1902 E.D.D.). [′hʌbi]Ork. 1922 J. Firth Reminisc. 113:
The women attired in striped petticoats, white “hubbies” (shirt blouses) and “hoodies” (cotton sun-bonnets) and with bare feet, raked and gossiped.
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