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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Slang A woman companion of a gunman or gangster.
  2. n. Slang A woman prostitute.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A familiar form of the feminine name
  2. n. [l. c] A female companion not bound by ties of marriage, but often a life-mate: a word in common use among navvies, costermongers, and the like.
  3. In music, minor: as, C moll, or C minor.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A woman companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
  2. n. A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals
  3. n. bitch, slut (i.e. an insult directed at females).
  4. n. a girlfriend of a surfie or bikieNote that, as Australian pronunciation merges the /ɒ/ and /əʊ/ phonemes before /l/ (they both become [oʊl]), this word is very commonly spelt "mole" in Australia, probably by contamination with the word mole, referring to sneaky people. Indeed, the Australian Oxford dictionary does not list the Australian meaning of the term under the headword "moll", but only under "mole", although it does recognise that "mole" in this sense is "probably" a mere "variant of moll".

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Minor; in the minor mode.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the girlfriend of a gangster

Etymologies

  1. Probably from the name Moll, nickname for Mary.

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  • mollusque I seem to be an autantonym, not being female, gangster or single. Aug 30, 2011

  • ruzuzu Good--you're almost there. Keep going!

    How was Irene? Aug 30, 2011

  • Prolagus I re-opened it a few days ago... "We are" in Antarctica.
    *adds Maps and Legends to wishlist* Aug 30, 2011

  • ruzuzu Pro! I was just thinking about you--did you ever finish The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay? I think you might like Maps & Legends more/better/instead. Aug 30, 2011

  • Prolagus In addition, moll is short for one of our favorite Wordies - who is not, to the best of my knowledge, "a female companion not bound by ties of marriage". Aug 30, 2011

  • ruzuzu Thanks, biocon--that bit about B moll sure explains the cover of the Mozart album in the visuals. Aug 30, 2011

  • biocon In addition, moll is an adjective that means 1. soft; 2. mild (weather), as well as a noun meaning a soft or weak thing or person, specifically an effeminate man. In early music, moll = flat and was chiefly used in B moll, ♭ moll bmol (Oxford English Dictionary). Aug 30, 2011

‘moll’ has been looked up 1412 times, loved by 2 people, added to 15 lists, commented on 7 times, and has a Scrabble score of 6.