Moll


[mawl] /mɔl/

adjective, German.
1.
(in music) written in a minor key; minor.
[mol] /mɒl/
noun, Slang.
1.
.
2.
Archaic. a prostitute.
[mol] /mɒl/
noun
1.
a female given name.
/mɒl/
noun (slang)
1.
the female accomplice of a gangster
2.
a prostitute

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. U.S. sense of “a gangster’s girlfriend” is from 1923.

noun

[fr Molly, nickname for Mary]

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