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  • noun Plural form of moll.

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Examples

  • One day Cass turned on the TV and saw a biker gang calling their molls their “mamas.”

    California Dreamgirl Weller, Sheila 2007

  • He had made use of too many "molls" in his time to waste useless thought on what they might say or do or desire.

    Never-Fail Blake Arthur Stringer 1912

  • There were even women ready for the fight—fierce, well-armed gun molls like Bessie London, Tillie Finkelstein, Birdie Pomerantz, and Jennie “the Factory” Morris.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • I am fascinated to see Thai tourists, for example, at a sleek new hotel in Jaipur, and to go to Mauritius to find Russian fat cats trying in vain to entertain their molls.

    Has technology robbed travel of its riches? 2011

  • “Instead of one of these hard-bitten molls you find in a fancy bar on Newbury Street, find a girl so nice you couldn't hurt her—not in a million years.”

    A Girl You Couldn't Hurt Con Chapman 2011

  • Anand's "Black Market" (1960) and "Jewel Thief" (1967) instead were peopled by small-time thugs, petty thieves, gold-hearted molls, wisecracking mechanics and ornery shophands, dapper villains and spirited heroines.

    Dancing to His Own Bollywood Tune Paromita Vohra 2011

  • Yes, insane women, soon-to-be-killed women, violent molls and reformed porn starlets, but women all the same – actually moving around in major story arcs.

    Grace Dent's TV OD: Luther and Falling Skies 2011

  • Yes, insane women, soon-to-be-killed women, violent molls and reformed porn starlets, but women all the same – actually moving around in major story arcs.

    Grace Dent's TV OD: Luther and Falling Skies 2011

  • The tavern scenes – molls with arms akimbo and accents afloat – are rigid, like unsung musicals.

    This Happy Breed; Henry IV, Parts One and Two – review 2011

  • Packed with the patter of gunsels and molls in dimly lit, smoke-filled rooms, noir doesn't get much "noirer" than this.

    John Farr: Classic "Under The Radar" Gangster Movies 2010

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