Moll

¹ American  

[mol] / mɒl /

noun

1. a female given name.

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moll ² American  

[mol] / mɒl /

noun

Slang.

1. gun moll.

2. Archaic. a prostitute.

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moll ³ American  

[mawl] / mɔl /

adjective

German.

1. (in music) written in a minor key; minor.

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moll British  

/ mɒl /

noun

1. the female accomplice of a gangster

2. a prostitute

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Etymology

Origin of moll

Special use of Moll

Example Sentences

She was an enabler, the classic gangster’s moll.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From New York Times

Zhao Tao is electrifying as a mob moll who takes the fall for her boyfriend, serving five years on a gun charge, and then finding that everything in her life has changed upon her release.

From New York Times

Harley has joined that group, and now that she no longer has the immunity of being Joker’s moll, Roman can dispose of her at will.

From New York Times

By forging a career running drag bars in Lower Manhattan, Genovese defied the expectation that “mob molls,” as one “Mob Queens” source puts it, “were just there to be housewives, be pretty.”

From Los Angeles Times