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molls

molls is the plural of moll.

Meaning of moll

Noun

moll (plural molls)

  1. A female companion of a gangster or other criminal, especially a former or current prostitute.
    • The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He[…]played a lone hand,[…]. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01
  2. A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals.
    Synonyms:
    molly
  3. (Australia, New Zealand, derogatory, slang) Bitch, slut; an insulting epithet applied to a female.
  4. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A girlfriend of a bikie.
    • The bikies ‘molls’ included Susan Lloyd as Tart; Victoria Anoux as Flossie; and Rosalind Talamini as Sunshine.1979, Eric Reade, History and Heartburn: The Saga of Australian Film, 1896-1978, page 209
  5. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A girlfriend of a surfie; blends with pejorative sense.
  6. (slang) A female fan of extreme metal, grunge or hardcore punk, especially the girlfriend of a musician of those aforementioned genres.

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Proper noun capitalized: Molls

Molls

  1. A pet name for Mary.

Phrases with molls

Questions about molls

What does molls mean?
Molls means a pet name for Mary.
What is molls the plural of?
Molls is the plural of moll.
What part of speech is molls?
Molls is a proper noun.

Words near molls in the dictionary

  1. mollorthels
  2. Mollos
  3. mollossus
  4. Molloy
  5. Molloys
  6. molls
  7. mollu-series
  8. mollugin
  9. molluginaceous
  10. mollusc
  11. mollusca

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