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molly-guards

molly-guards is the plural of molly-guard.

Meaning of molly-guard

Noun

molly-guard (plural molly-guards)

  1. A physical barrier to protect something from unwanted contact, especially a shield to prevent accidental tripping of an emergency shutdown or power switch.
    • There is a plastic molly-guard covering the escalator's shutdown button to prevent little kids from pushing it and stopping the escalator.

Questions about molly-guards

What is molly-guards the plural of?
Molly-guards is the plural of molly-guard.

Words near molly-guards in the dictionary

  1. Molly Mormons
  2. molly wop
  3. molly-dooker
  4. molly-dookers
  5. molly-guard
  6. molly-guards
  7. molly-handed
  8. molly-house
  9. molly-houses
  10. molly-mawk
  11. molly-mawks

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