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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 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. adj. music, obsolete minor; in the minor mode
  2. n. A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
  3. n. A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals.
  4. n. Australia, New Zealand, slang, pejorative Bitch, slut; an insulting epithet applied to a female.
  5. n. Australia, New Zealand, slang A girlfriend of a bikie.
  6. n. Australia, New Zealand, slang A girlfriend of a surfie; blends with pejorative sense.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. (Mus.) Minor; in the minor mode.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the girlfriend of a gangster

Etymologies

  1. From Moll, an archaic nickname for Mary (see also Molly). (Wiktionary)
  2. Probably from the name Moll, nickname for Mary. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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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

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