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 ” ( ganef ), later taken as gun ¹, which has influenced sense; son of a gun

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

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