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–noun Slang.
1. a female companion of a criminal.
2. a female criminal.
Also called moll.

Origin:
1905–10; gun in earlier Brit. argot “thief” (see ganef ), later taken as gun 1 , which has influenced sense; cf. son of a gun
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gun moll  
n.   Slang
The girlfriend of a gangster.

[Obsolete British slang gun, thief (short for slang ganef; see ganef) + moll.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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gun moll 
1908, "female criminal," second element from nickname of Mary, used of disreputable females since early 1600s; first element from slang gonif "thief" (1885), from Yiddish, from Heb. gannabh "thief."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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