Crossword clues for moll
moll
- Gal with a gat
- Gal in a gang
- Defoe's Miss Flanders
- Daniel Defoe's "___ Flanders"
- Bonnie, to Clyde
- "____ Flanders"
- "__ Flanders": Defoe novel
- TV's Richard ____
- One with a gat and gams
- Name in a Defoe novel
- Ms. Flanders of fiction
- Mob miss
- Miss Flanders
- Hood's girl
- Gunsel's gal
- Gunman's shotgun rider
- Girlfriend, in gangster flicks
- Girl with a hood
- Gangster's lady
- Gangster's companion
- Gangland girl
- Gang gal
- Flanders of literature
- Defoe's Ms. Flanders
- Defoe's ___ Flanders
- "__ Flanders"
- ''___ Flanders''
- '-- Flanders'
- Gangster's gal pal
- "___ Flanders": Defoe
- Mobster's lady
- Gangster's girlfriend
- Tough companion?
- Fictional Flanders
- Gun-toting gal
- Gang hanger-on
- Tough's partner
- Gang woman
- Mobster's gal
- Gang girl
- The girl friend of a gangster
- Defoe's "___ Flanders"
- Kurt of the Met
- Flanders of fiction
- "Night Court" actor
- "___ Flanders," Defoe novel
- Defoe heroine
- Gangster's female accomplice
- Gangland gal
- Actor Richard ____
- Hood's honey
- Hood's gal
- Gun girl
- Gangster's female companion
- Gal with a gun
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tautog \Tau*tog"\, n. [The pl. of taut, the American Indian name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written by him tauta['u]og.] (Zo["o]l.) An edible labroid fish ( Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll. [Written also tautaug.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
female proper name, shortened form of Molly, itself familiar for Mary. Used from c.1600 for "prostitute;" meaning "companion of a thief" is first recorded 1823. A general word for "woman" in old underworld slang, for instance Moll-buzzer "pickpocket who specializes in women;" Moll-tooler "female pick-pocket." U.S. sense of "a gangster's girlfriend" is from 1923.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 alt. 1 A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute. 2 A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals. 3 (lb en Australia New Zealand slang pejorative) bitch, slut; ''an insulting epithet applied to a female''. 4 (lb en Australia New Zealand slang) A girlfriend of a bikie. 5 (lb en Australia New Zealand slang) A girlfriend of a surfie; ''blends with pejorative sense''. n. 1 A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute. 2 A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals. 3 (lb en Australia New Zealand slang pejorative) bitch, slut; ''an insulting epithet applied to a female''. 4 (lb en Australia New Zealand slang) A girlfriend of a bikie. 5 (lb en Australia New Zealand slang) A girlfriend of a surfie; ''blends with pejorative sense''. Etymology 2
a. (context music obsolete English) minor; in the minor mode
WordNet
n. the girl friend of a gangster [syn: gun moll, gangster's moll]
Wikipedia
The Möll (presumably from , "rubble") is a river in northwestern Carinthia in Austria, a left tributary of the Drava.
Moll/Molly is a slang term with two different meanings in two places:
- In the United States, an archaic term for a gangster's girlfriend. See gun moll.
- In Australia and New Zealand and United States, usually pejorative or self-deprecating, for a woman of loose sexual morals, a bitch, slut, or prostitute. The term can also be used for a girlfriend of a Gangster.
For the American sense, see gun moll. The remainder of this article describes the Australian and New Zealand sense.
Moll is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert Moll (German psychiatrist), (1862-1939), founder of modern sexology
- Albert Moll (Canadian psychiatrist), pioneer in day treatment for psychiatric patients
- King Æthelwald Moll of Northumbria
- Brian Moll, actor
- Carl Moll, painter
- Eva Moll, visual artist
- Guy Moll, auto racer
- Herman Moll, cartographer
- Herman Moll (convict), Australian historical figure
- Jacob Anton Moll, Dutch oculist and namesake for the gland of Moll
- Jürgen Moll, German footballer
- Kurt Moll, retired German opera bass
- Louis-Joseph Moll, physician and MLA for Quebec
- Otto Moll, (1915-1946), SS-Hauptscharführer and part of the staff at Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Richard Moll, actor
- Tony Moll, American football player
Usage examples of "moll".
A more superstitious sort would claim a goose had crossed over her grave, but Moll Gallagher knew better.
Cleaving to the doorframe, back straight, neck stiff, Moll kept her face turned from the table.
An orange cat slipped inside before Moll frowned and slammed the door.
As the teardrop of fire stretched, flickered, reddened, then wavered clear gold, Moll went afar.
Rose hovered behind Moll, trying to waft the pages closed, trying to ban the sour copper taste of blood.
Claret sat astraddle the bench, blocking Moll from view, and commenced a yodeling moan.
Abigail Fletcher, alias Madam Silver, stood on the sidewalk, about to snip the lifeline Moll Gallagher had found so fascinating.
He and the wretched mule had given over everything Moll wanted, today, and she could let him watch her hair toss as they hurried her home!
Poppy braced in the doorway, stammering that Moll had hiked into the storm, seeking herbs.
Day all but rode her down before Moll turned, eyes terror-wide above the muffling shawl.
Stranding would be no tragedy if he convinced Moll that only body warmth would keep them alive.
Day had the bare bones of the shelter assembled and the main joints lashed when he noticed Moll shaking her head.
Not only would it be amusing, it would help Moll shake off some starch.
She must make Moll believe, at least long enough to give her the list.
The parts of him that had nestled all night next to Moll alerted the rest.