moll

Example Sentences

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Harley Quinn, before her great emancipation, was the ultimate gangster moll existing at and for the pleasure of The Joker.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2024

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

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

I'm like that famous gangster's moll, you know, who bruised easy but healed quick.

From Masters of Space by Berry, Robert Lee