Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hubbard

(Old Mother). The famous dame of nursery mythology, who went to the cupboard to fetch her poor dog a bone; but when she got there the cupboard was bare, so the poor dog had none.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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