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Definition of Molly

1. Noun. Popular aquarium fish.

Definition of Molly

1. n. Same as Mollemoke.

2. n. A pet or colloquial name for Mary.

Definition of Molly

1. Proper noun. ( female given name) ¹

2. Proper noun. An English and Irish pet name for Mary. ¹

3. Proper noun. the purest form of ecstasy (drug) ¹

4. Noun. (context: now chiefly Ireland) A woman or girl, especially of low status. ¹

5. Noun. (slang) An effeminate male, a male homosexual. ¹

6. Noun. (slang) A nickname or street name for pure MDMA powder. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Molly

1. mollie [n -LIES] - See also: mollie

Medical Definition of Molly

1. Same as Mollemoke. A pet or colloquial name for Mary. Molly cottontail. See Cottontail. Molly Maguire; pl. Molly Maguires . A member of a secret association formed among the tenantry in Ireland about 1843, principally for the purpose of intimidating law officers and preventing the service of legal writs. Its members disguised themselves in the dress of women. A member of a similar association of Irishmen organised in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania, about 1854, for the purpose of intimidating employers and officers of the law, and for avenging themselves by murder on persons obnoxious to them. The society was broken up by criminal prosecutions in 1876. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Molly

Literary usage of Molly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1903)
"THE GOOD FORTUNE OF molly VAN. BY TEMPLE BAILEY. molly had never before seen anything like the carriage that had just rolled away from the door. ..."

2. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"A bullet killed him at his post and molly, seizing his rammer as it fell, ... molly Pitcher sprang to his side, Fired as she saw her husband do. ..."

3. English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, John Dickson Batten (1890)
"So he gets a sack, and puts molly into it, and the cat and the dog beside her, ... But molly never said a word but, " Oh, if ye saw what I see! ..."

4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"molly, wanton and free, Kms'u, and sate on each knee. Fond ecstasy swam in her eyes. See, thy mother u near; Hark! she calls tbee to hear What age and ..."

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