See Also: moll(dictionary)
moll(dictionary)
Moll's glands(medicine)
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Flanders, Moll(dictionary)
Moll Flanders(dictionary)

moll (iou)



moll noun & verb. E17.
[Pet-form of female forename Mary. Cf. MOLLY noun1.]
A. noun. A girl, a woman; esp. a prostitute; a female pickpocket or thief; a criminal's female accomplice; the girlfriend of a gangster or criminal. E17.
T. Middleton None of these common Molls neither, but discontented and unfortunate gentlewomen. A. T. Ellis A cigarette held between her teeth so that she looked like a gangster's moll.
Comb.: moll-buzzer slang a pickpocket or thief whose victims are mainly women; moll-heron dial. a heron; mollrowing slang (a) going out with (disreputable) women, wenching; (b) (a) caterwauling; moll-shop slang a brothel; moll-washer dial. the pied wagtail.
b. verb trans. slang.
moll it up with, go out with (a woman). Only in E19.
As molled ppl adjective. Accompanied by or going out with a woman. Also foll. by up. M19.