female proper name, shortened form of Molly, itself familiar for Mary. Used from c. 1600 for "prostitute;" meaning "companion of a thief" is first recorded 1823. A general word for "woman" in old underworld slang, for instance Moll-buzzer "pickpocket who specializes in women;" Moll-tooler "female pick-pocket." U.S. sense of "a gangster's girlfriend" is from 1923.
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1. Daniel Defoe, English writer, author of Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders, died.
英国作家 、 小说《鲁滨逊漂流记》和《摩尔·弗兰德斯》的作者丹尼尔·笛福去世.
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2. Artist: The feeling of Moll is far want than what wife place gives bold and unrestrained.