gun moll
nounSlang.
a female companion of a criminal.
a female criminal.
Origin of gun moll
11905–10; gun in earlier British argot “thief” (see ganef), later taken as gun1, which has influenced sense; cf. son of a gun
- Also called moll.
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British Dictionary definitions for gun moll
gun moll
noun
slang a female criminal or a woman who associates with criminals
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