moll

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[ mol ]
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nounSlang.
  1. Archaic. a prostitute.

Origin of moll

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Special use of Moll

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Other definitions for moll (2 of 3)

moll2
[ mawl ]

adjectiveGerman.
  1. (in music) written in a minor key; minor.

Other definitions for Moll (3 of 3)

Moll
[ mol ]

noun
  1. a female given name.

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How to use moll in a sentence

  • I've been intending to leave Joe and moll for a good while past.

    Two Little Travellers | Frances Browne Arthur
  • At this point Joe made a movement of impatience, which moll understood.

    Two Little Travellers | Frances Browne Arthur
  • Darby had followed the direction of moll's large forefinger with his gaze.

    Two Little Travellers | Frances Browne Arthur
  • I say, moll, are you mindin' that our term o' the van's about up?

    Two Little Travellers | Frances Browne Arthur
  • moll swept the landscape with a glance quick and keen as a hawk's.

    Two Little Travellers | Frances Browne Arthur

British Dictionary definitions for moll

moll

/ (mɒl) /


nounslang
  1. the female accomplice of a gangster

  2. a prostitute

Origin of moll

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C17: from Moll, familiar form of Mary

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