Meaning & use
moll
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The female companion or girlfriend of a gangster, especially in older slang.
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In the old film, the gangster's moll wore a fur coat and never asked questions.
Detectives suspected his moll knew where the stolen jewels were hidden.
A note on using this word
Dated slang associated with early-to-mid 20th-century crime fiction and film noir; rarely used in everyday modern speech.
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gun moll
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