a novel (1840–41) by Dickens.
- Old mother hubbard
A nursery rhyme. Its first stanza is: Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To fetch her poor dog a bone; But when she got there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.
[ohld] /oʊld/ adjective, older, oldest or elder, eldest. 1. far advanced in the years of one’s or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree. 2. of or relating to the latter part of the life or term of existence of a person or thing: old age. 3. as if or appearing […]
noun, Informal. 1. the devil; Satan. noun 1. (informal) a jocular name for Satan
noun 1. the Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia. Abbreviation: ON. noun 1. the language or group of dialects of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about 700 to about 1350, forming the North Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages ON See also Proto-Norse, Old Icelandic