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  • Also hubbards and whatever the small acorny winter squash I planted was, though those last are slower to develop, of course.

    July 27th, 2009 matociquala 2009

  • For generous friends with hearts as big as hubbards and smiles as bright as their blossoms;

    Archive 2009-03-01 Christine Robinson 2009

  • For generous friends with hearts as big as hubbards and smiles as bright as their blossoms;

    Giving Thanks for Max Coots Christine Robinson 2009

  • In their big mother hubbards and their stockin 'feet

    Duncan And Brady Traditional 1972

  • In their big mother hubbards and their stockin 'feet

    Duncan And Brady Traditional 1972

  • If the Prodigal Son had been a daughter they'd probably have handed her one of her sister's mother hubbards, and put her to work washing dishes in the kitchen.

    Buttered Side Down: Stories Edna Ferber 1926

  • Her mother had been a silly, idle woman addicted to mother hubbards and paper-backed novels about the house.

    Cheerful—By Request Edna Ferber 1926

  • If the Prodigal Son had been a daughter they'd probably have handed her one of her sister's mother hubbards, and put her to work washing dishes in the kitchen.

    Buttered Side Down 1911

  • Indians in store clothes, then squaws, in calico "mother-hubbards," great bundles strapped to their backs, and children in their arms or clinging to their skirts.

    Lydia of the Pines Honor�� Morrow 1910

  • The last few sweet potatoes are set aside for starting slips, the cabbages are eaten, the carrots are fading and while we've still got acorn squash galore, the butternuts and few hubbards are long past.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Sharon Astyk none@example.com 2010

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