Moll

//mɒl// adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    minor; in the minor key. not-comparable, obsolete

    "Bach's Gavotte in B Moll"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A pet name for Mary. archaic

    "Theſe vvere they that gave me that Name of Moll Flanders: For it vvas no more of Affinity vvith my real Name, or vvith any of the Names I had ever gone by than black, is of Kin to vvhite, […]"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Mol, Belgium alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    A female companion of a gangster or other criminal, especially a former or current prostitute.

    "The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He[…]played a lone hand,[…]. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her."

  2. 2
    the girlfriend of a gangster wordnet
  3. 3
    A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals.
  4. 4
    Bitch, slut; an insulting epithet applied to a female. Australia, New-Zealand, derogatory, slang
  5. 5
    A girlfriend of a bikie. Australia, New-Zealand, slang

    "The bikies ‘molls’ included Susan Lloyd as Tart; Victoria Anoux as Flossie; and Rosalind Talamini as Sunshine."

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  1. 6
    A girlfriend of a surfie; blends with pejorative sense. Australia, New-Zealand, slang
  2. 7
    A female fan of extreme metal, grunge or hardcore punk, especially the girlfriend of a musician of those aforementioned genres. slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Moll, an archaic nickname for Mary (see also Molly).

Etymology 2

From German Moll, from Latin mollis (“soft, tender, elegiac”). Compare molle (“flat (in music)”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål moll.

Etymology 3

A diminutive lambdacism of Mary. Compare Sally from Sarah and Hal from Harry.

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