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moll
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noun
Slang
.
1.
gun moll.
2.
Archaic
.
a prostitute.
Origin:
special use of
Moll
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an easy or profitable source of livelihood of dubious legality
a person or thing that closely resembles another
exhilarated, excited
to pick the pocket of or hassle the body of
a grotesquely awkward person; an eccentric person
to seek favors from a person in an obsequious manner, to fawn over
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moll
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adjective
German
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(in music) written in a minor key; minor.
Moll
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noun
a female given
name
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moll
(mɒl)
—
n
1.
the female accomplice of a gangster
2.
a prostitute
[C17: from
Moll,
familiar form of
Mary
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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