mobcaps

He gazes in the window of his daughter's shop, which is full of handmade hats, designed by Charlotte and produced by a team of young women in high-waisted linen aprons and mobcaps, like eighteenth-century maids.

'The Imperfectionists' 2010

The bald ones have neatly sewn hair; the hirsute ones have their ears covered in cozy mobcaps of russet locks.

An Autobiography Peter, Ustinov 1977

But now see: all these parsons and judges and mobcaps insist upon conformity.

Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete George Meredith 1868

But now see: all these parsons and judges and mobcaps insist upon conformity.

Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868

But now see: all these parsons and judges and mobcaps insist upon conformity.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

-- a Curiosity Shop; and, to save himself, retreats within, while a great singing throng of bosomy ladies in mobcaps and frilly blouses, accompanied by an over-sufficiency of stovepipe-hatted gents, comes rollicking down the riverside street, singing for all they're worth.

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967