moll
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(mŏl) 
n. Slang
n. Slang
- A woman companion of a gunman or gangster.
- A woman prostitute.
[Probably from the name Moll, nickname for Mary.]
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moll
noun
- A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for payment: bawd, call girl, camp follower, courtesan, harlot, prostitute, scarlet woman, streetwalker, strumpet, tart2, whore. Slang hooker. Idioms: lady of easy virtue, lady of pleasure, lady of the night. See sex/asexual.
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IN BRIEF: n. - The girl friend of a gangster.
Tutor's tip: Offended by my remark about her "mole," (a dark skin spot) the "moll" (gangster's girlfriend) threatened to "maul" (to beat or batter) me in the parking lot of the "mall" (shopping center).
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noun
noun, US
1: A prostitute. (1604 —) .
2: A criminal's or gangster's female companion. (1823 —) .
N. Marsh I can see you're in a fever lest slick Ben and his moll should get back...before you make your getaway (1962).
3: A female pickpocket or thief. (1955 —) .
[Pet form of the female personal name Mary.]
noun, US
1: A prostitute. (1604 —) .
2: A criminal's or gangster's female companion. (1823 —) .
N. Marsh I can see you're in a fever lest slick Ben and his moll should get back...before you make your getaway (1962).
3: A female pickpocket or thief. (1955 —) .
[Pet form of the female personal name Mary.]
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| mollock, molly the monk, molly-dook |
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As a name
- An abbreviated form of the name Molly
Notable people with the given name
- Moll Davis, an actress and mistress to King Charles II of England
Notable people with the surname
- Albert Moll (German psychiatrist), founder of modern sexology
- Dr. Albert E. Moll, pioneer in day treatment for psychiatric patients
- King Æthelwald Moll of Northumbria
- Brian Moll, actor
- Carl Moll, painter
- Guy Moll, auto racer
- Herman Moll, cartographer
- Herman Moll (convict), Australian historical figure
- Jacob Anton Moll, Dutch oculist and namesake for the gland of Moll
- Kurt Moll, retired German opera bass
- Louis-Joseph Moll, physician and MLA for Quebec
- Otto Moll, SS-Hauptscharführer and part of the staff at Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Richard Moll, actor
- Tony Moll, American football player
Fictional Molls
- Moll, a character in the 1937 musical The Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein
- Moll Flanders, the title character in the novel by Daniel Defoe
- Moll Hackabout, the unfortunate prostitute portrayed in William Hogarth's A Harlot's Progress
As slang term
- Gun moll, the female companion of an American gangster
- Moll (slang), in Australia and New Zealand, any woman with loose sexual morals.
Other uses
Derived from Latin mollis meaning "soft":
- Moll (grape), a Spanish grape variety
- In music, the German, Hungarian, Serbian, Polish, Czech and Scandinavian term for Minor, cf. Major and minor
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Moll
Dansk (Danish)
n. - gangsterpige, luder
Nederlands (Dutch)
gangsterliefje, slet
Français (French)
n. - nana (de gangster) (péj, vulg)
Deutsch (German)
n. - Gangsterbraut
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γυναίκα σύντροφος γκάνγκστερ, γκομενάκι, πόρνη
Italiano (Italian)
prostituta, donna di gangster
Português (Portuguese)
n. - mulher de criminoso (f), prostituta (f)
Русский (Russian)
уличная девка
Español (Spanish)
n. - amiga, prostituta
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gangsterbrud, fnask
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
匪徒的情妇, 女流氓, 女贼, 妓女
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 匪徒的情婦, 女流氓, 女賊, 妓女
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) عاهرة, عشيقه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - נערת פושע, פרוצה
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