moll

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2023

Everyone in the novel seems intent on wearing middle sister down, jamming her into a mold that makes more sense to the community—I.R.A. moll, adulterous hussy—than does a girl who reads while she walks.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 3, 2018

Cut during Madonna’s most acute phase of Marilyn Monroe-stalking, the pop queen’s attempt at a mafia moll accent just ends up sounding like a demonic kewpie doll brought to life through the dark arts.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2018

What follows are a series of fairly contrived dilemmas, as Ali abruptly makes an effort to be a mom, not a moll.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2018

When a heron rose out of the brook 'a moll ern flod away.'

From Round About a Great Estate by Jefferies, Richard