Moll
adj, name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 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 the girlfriend of a gangster wordnet
- 3 A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals.
- 4 Bitch, slut; an insulting epithet applied to a female. Australia, New-Zealand, derogatory, slang
- 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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- 6 A girlfriend of a surfie; blends with pejorative sense. Australia, New-Zealand, slang
- 7 A female fan of extreme metal, grunge or hardcore punk, especially the girlfriend of a musician of those aforementioned genres. slang
- 1 minor; in the minor key. not-comparable, obsolete
"Bach's Gavotte in B Moll"
- 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 Alternative form of Mol, Belgium alt-of, alternative
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Moll, an archaic nickname for Mary (see also Molly).
From German Moll, from Latin mollis (“soft, tender, elegiac”). Compare molle (“flat (in music)”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål moll.
A diminutive lambdacism of Mary. Compare Sally from Sarah and Hal from Harry.
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