gangster's moll
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- noun
- /ˈɡæŋstərz mɔl/
- Archaic
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mujer de un gánster
- The infamous gangster's moll knew how to navigate the dangerous world of organized crime with both charm and cunning.
Examples
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How do you like being a gangster's moll, baby?
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In the film, the protagonist's girlfriend was portrayed as a typical gangster's moll, always by his side during his criminal exploits.
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And so I'm a gangster's moll.
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As a gangster's moll, she often found herself in glamorous yet perilous situations due to her boyfriend's illegal activities.
Synonyms
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A woman who is the companion of a gangster
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A woman who is the companion or girlfriend of a gangster
Surface Forms
Morphology
gangster's + moll
The meaning is directly derivable from the possessive composition 'gangster's' (the gangster's) + 'moll' (female companion of a criminal) as 'a gangster's female companion'. Although 'moll' is somewhat dated/slang, the semantic relationship is straightforward and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would understand the MWE.
Etymology
Gangster's moll may come from old crime stories where moll was a slang form of the woman's name 'Molly', used for a criminal's female companion. So a gangster's moll was literally the gangster's woman and now means the gangster's female companion or 'girlfriend'.