1667. Milton, Paradise Lost, ii., 951. A universal hubbub wild, Of stunning sounds. [[370]]
1682. Bunyan, Holy War (1893 ed. M. Peacock, p. 58). The conscience and understanding begin to receive conviction, and they set the soul in a hubbub.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Hubbub, a Noise in the Streets made by the Rabble.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Hubbub, a noise, riot, or disturbance.
1893. Westminster Gaz., 8 Aug., p. 2, col. 1. An indescribable hubbub of showmen’s, hawkers’, and children’s voices from near and far.
Hubby (or Hub), subs. (colloquial).—A husband.
1798. Morton, Secrets Worth Knowing. Epilogue. The wife poor thing, at first so blithe and chubby, Scarce knows again her lover in her hubby.
1807. Stevens, Wks., p. 175. What could hubby do then, what could hubby do? But sympathy-struck, as she cry’d, he cry’d too.
1811. Poole, Hamlet Travestied, ii., 3. Now, madam, this once was your hubby.
1883. Referee, 17 Apr., p. 3, c. 2. I did hear it whispered that her parents and guardians, or her horrified hubby, had turned the key on her.