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moll.

A female companion of a gangster or other criminal, especially a former or current prostitute.

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Meaning & usage

noun/mɒl/
  1. A female companion of a gangster or other criminal, especially a former or current prostitute.

  2. A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals.

  3. Bitch, slut; an insulting epithet applied to a female.

    Australia · New-Zealand · derogatory · slang
  4. A girlfriend of a bikie.

    Australia · New-Zealand · slang
  5. A girlfriend of a surfie; blends with pejorative sense.

    Australia · New-Zealand · slang
  6. A female fan of extreme metal, grunge or hardcore punk, especially the girlfriend of a musician of those aforementioned genres.

    slang
Where this word comes from

From Moll, an archaic nickname for Mary (see also Molly).

adj/mɒl/
  1. minor; in the minor key.

    not-comparable · obsolete
    Bach's Gavotte in B Moll
Where this word comes from

From German Moll, from Latin mollis (“soft, tender, elegiac”). Compare molle (“flat (in music)”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål moll.

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