gun moll

American  

noun

Slang.

1. a female companion of a criminal.

2. a female criminal.

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gun moll British  

noun

1. slang a female criminal or a woman who associates with criminals

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Etymology

Origin of gun moll

1905–10; gun in earlier British argot “thief ” ( see ganef), later taken as gun ¹, which has influenced sense; cf. son of a gun

Example Sentences

Then, like a gun moll, the Queen Mother orders a martini.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2023

The CliffsNotes version the audience is given is that she’s an accomplished psychiatrist whom the Joker seduces, transforming her into a kind of clown-themed gun moll.

From The Verge • Aug. 9, 2016

She's as much a gun moll as Richard Simmons is.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2013

Sutton’s famous quotation has always made him seem like a lovable dunce, Yogi Berra with a gun moll and a getaway car.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2012

The scene began when five gendarmes escorted two handcuffed hoods and their blonde gun moll into the chambers of Judge Robert Magnan for a preliminary hearing.

From Time Magazine Archive