a gangster's moll

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• gangster's moll — noun the girlfriend of a gangster • Syn: ↑moll, ↑gun moll • Hypernyms: ↑criminal, ↑felon, ↑crook, ↑outlaw, ↑malefactor …   Useful english dictionary

• moll — [mɔl US ma:l] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Moll a female name] especially AmE old fashioned informal a criminal s girlfriend ▪ a gangster s moll …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• moll — n a. Australian a prostitute. Moll, a short form of Molly (itself a familiar version of Mary ), has been used to denote a woman of easy virtue since at least the time of Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe, published in 1722. This sense has survived in …   Contemporary slang

• moll —    obsolete    a prostitute    Originally, a sweetheart, which survives in the gangster s moll. The derivation is from the common girl s name, and a moll shop was a brothel. Moll Thompson s mark meant nothing more than emptiness, of a bottle,… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• moll — noun (C) old fashioned, slang especially AmE a criminal s girlfriend: a gangster s moll …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Moll (slang) — Moll (pronounced /ˈmoʊl/) is Australian and New Zealand slang, usually pejorative or self deprecating, for a woman of loose sexual morals, a bitch, a slut or a prostitute. The term can also be used for a girlfriend of a thief, gangster, surfie or …   Wikipedia

• Moll — can refer to: Contents 1 As a name 1.1 Notable people with the given name 1.2 Notable people with the surname 1.3 Fictional Molls …   Wikipedia

• Moll — female proper name, shortened form of Molly, itself familiar for MARY (Cf. Mary). Used from c.1600 for prostitute; meaning companion of a thief is first recorded 1823. U.S. sense of a gangster s girlfriend is from 1923 …   Etymology dictionary

• moll — ► NOUN informal 1) a gangster s female companion. 2) a prostitute. ORIGIN familiar form of the given name Mary …   English terms dictionary

• moll — noun Etymology: probably from Moll, nickname for Mary Date: 1557 1. prostitute 2. a. doll 2 b. a gangster s girlfriend …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• moll — noun a) A woman companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute. b) A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals …   Wiktionary