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

It recalls "Dick Tracy" too in the "mob moll," which is, on one level, a lot of what Catwoman is.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2022

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

Whilst the quarrel is going on the moll walks off with the booty.

From Six Years in the Prisons of England by Henderson, Frank