female proper name, shortened form of Molly, itself familiar for Mary. Used from c. 1600 for "prostitute;" meaning "companion of a thief" is first recorded 1823. A general word for "woman" in old underworld slang, for instance Moll-buzzer "pickpocket who specializes in women;" Moll-tooler "female pick-pocket." U.S. sense of "a gangster's girlfriend" is from 1923.
雙語例句
1. Daniel Defoe, English writer, author of Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders, died.
英國作家 、 小說《魯濱遜漂流記》和《摩爾·弗蘭德斯》的作者丹尼爾·笛福去世.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. Artist: The feeling of Moll is far want than what wife place gives bold and unrestrained.