Moll

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É’l

From Moll, an archaic nickname for Mary (see also Molly).

Alternative forms

• mole Australian, girlfriend of surfie or bikie

Full definition of moll

Noun

1. A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
2. A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals.
3. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, pejorative) Bitch, slut; an insulting epithet applied to a female.
4. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A girlfriend of a bikie.
• 1979, Eric Reade, History and Heartburn: The Saga of Australian Film, 1896-1978, %22molls%22+australia+surfing+OR+biker+OR+bikie+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WOGwT-ybFIfUmAWNu-zECQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false page 209,The bikies ‘molls’ included Susan Lloyd as Tart; Victoria Anoux as Flossie; and Rosalind Talamini as Sunshine.
• 1995, Debra Adelaide, The Hotel Albatross, %22molls%22+australia+surfing+OR+biker+OR+bikie+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WOGwT-ybFIfUmAWNu-zECQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22moll%22|%22molls%22%20australia%20surfing%20OR%20biker%20OR%20bikie%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 76,‘Oh God!’ groans Julie who once was a bikie moll back in the early seventies. ‘Hope it′s no one I know.’ But the Machismos turn out to be based on a New Zealand gang, which assembled in Australia after her time.
• 2009, Albert Moran, Errol Vieth, The A to Z of Australian and New Zealand Cinema, %22molls%22+australia+surfing+OR+biker+OR+bikie+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WOGwT-ybFIfUmAWNu-zECQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22moll%22|%22molls%22%20australia%20surfing%20OR%20biker%20OR%20bikie%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 142,Gilling first appeared as the biker′s moll Vanessa in Stone (1974) and the beautiful, evil cabin attendant in Number 96 (1974).
5. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A girlfriend of a surfie; blends with pejorative sense.

Usage notes

(girlfriend of a surfie or bikie) Because Australian pronunciation merges the /ɒ/ and /əʊ/ phonemes before /l/ (both become oʊl), this word is very commonly spelt mole in Australia, probably by contamination with mole ("sneaky person"). Indeed, the Australian Oxford dictionary does not list the Australian meaning of the term under the headword moll, but only under mole, although it does recognise that mole in this sense is “probably” a mere “variant of moll”.

Synonyms

• (surfie's girlfriend) chick

German, from Latin mollis ("soft, tender, elegiac"). Compare molle ("flat (in music)").

Adjective

1. (music, obsolete) minor; in the minor modeA moll, that is, A minor