moll
Example Sentences
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Zhao Tao is electrifying as a mob moll who takes the fall for her boyfriend, serving five years on a gun charge, and then finding that everything in her life has changed upon her release.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
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
She was the moll of the supervillain Bookworm on "Batman" in 1966 and played Venus de Milo on "Bewitched."
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2017
A motion in the audience attracted me, as if some favourite performer were about to appear, and I heard the "gun- moll" whisper, "Loraine Keith."
From The Dream Doctor by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
