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muu-muu|ˈmuːmuː|
Also mumu.
[Hawaiian mu'u mu'u lit. cut off, from the fact that the yoke was originally omitted.]
A woman's loose-fitting dress, usually brightly coloured and patterned, which originated in Hawaii as a local adaptation of the ‘Mother Hubbard’ dress provided by the missionaries.
1923C. London New Hawaii xv. 250 Not far off..swam a dozen men and women. They wore respectively loincloths and white or red muumuus. 1930D. Blanding Hula Moons 40 Helen being a woman, put on a yellow mumu, a cross between a flour sack and an old-fashioned nightie. Mumus were designed by the well-intentioned missionary ladies..as a covering for the Hawaiian women, in the early days when a few flowers sufficed for a garment. 1959M. Jansma Wandering Malihini ii. 33 A Hawaiian lady, costumed in an attractive muumuu,..sang to us songs of welcome and love. 1960[see holoku]. 1962O. Ruhen Tangaroa's Godchild xvi. 230 The missionary..invented the Mother Hubbard, from which the muu-muu is derived, to cover the glorious voluptuous bodies of the earth's most beautiful women. 1964Daily Mail 21 Jan. 3/3 Mu-mus or Mother Hubbards describes the beachwear better. 1964Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 19 July 21/7 The new cafe at Brisbane airport is to give a typical Australian welcome..by means of waiters wearing Hawaiian shirts, waitresses with muu-muus and a background aborigine motif. 1964Asia Mag. 16 Aug. 5 (caption) A blonde Caucasian girl wears the long muumuu of the islands. 1966‘O. Mills’ Enemies of Bride viii. 76 It was Madeleine, tousle haired, in a short mu-mu with..Ella in a still shorter mu-mu. 1969C. Armstrong Seven Seats to Moon xi. 105 Nanjo with..a blue muumuu concealing her bathing suit..came..and curled herself on the floor. |