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moll

  [mol]
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–noun Slang.
1. gun moll.
2. Archaic. a prostitute.
Origin:
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moll

  [mawl]
–adjective German.
(in music) written in a minor key; minor.

Moll

  [mol]
–noun
a female given name.

gun moll

 
–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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moll   (mŏl)   
n.   Slang

  1. A woman companion of a gunman or gangster.

  2. A woman prostitute.


[Probably from the name Moll, nickname for Mary.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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."

moll 
1567, female name, shortened form of Molly, itself familiar for Mary. Used from 1604 for "prostitute;" meaning "companion of a thief" is first recorded 1823. U.S. sense of "a gangster's girlfriend" is from 1923.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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