feathers are pulled out. Cf. Lion, subs., sense 4.
Mole, subs. (venery).—The penis.
For synonyms see Creamstick
and Prick. See Mowdiwark.
Molecatcher, subs. (venery).—The
female pudendum. For synonyms
see Monosyllable.
Moll, subs. (common).—1. A girl;
and (2) a female companion.
[From mollesher (q.v.)]
1823. Bee, Dict. Turf, s.v. Molls—are the female companions of low thieves, at bed, board, and business.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.
3. (common).—A prostitute; a molly (q.v.). For synonyms see Barrack-hack and Tart.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
1877. Five Years' Penal Servitude, iii. p. 245. She went up to some of the swell streets at the West End to see another moll, a pal of hers.
1887. W. E. Henley, Villon's Good Night. Likewise you molls that flash your bubs For swells to spot.
Molled up, adj. phr. (thieves').—1. See quot.
1851-61. Mayhew, Lond. Lab. etc., i. 336. Furnished cribs let to needys (nightly lodgers) that are molled up (that is to say, associated with women in the sleeping rooms).
2. (colloquial).—Arm-in-arm with, or accompanied by, a woman.
Moll-Blood, subs. (old Scots').—The
gallows. For synonyms see
Ladder.
1818. Scott, Heart of Midlothian, xx. Three words of your mouth would give the girl the chance to nick moll blood.
Moll-buzzer, subs. (thieves').—See
quot.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v. Moll . . . Moll-buzzer a thief that devotes himself to picking the pockets of women.
Mollie, subs. (nautical).—See quot.
1885. Schley and Soley, Rescue of Greely, p. 183. Whenever the whaling fleet is stopped for a number of days in the ice, it is the practice for the captains to assemble on board one or other of the ships to discuss the prospects of the season's catch. These interviews are called mollies and are announced by a bucket hoisted as a signal at the fore-royal mast-head. . . . Generally speaking a mollie means making a night of it.
Mollisher, subs. (thieves').—A
thief's mistress; a moll (q.v.).
1819. Vaux, Memoirs, s.v.
1851-61. H. Mayhew, London Lab. etc., i. p. 472. One old mollesher . . . brought out 8lbs. of white rags.
Moll Peatley's Gig, subs. phr.
(old).—Copulation. For synonyms
see Greens and Ride.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
Moll-sack, subs. (thieves').—A
lady's hand-bag; a market basket.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.
Moll-Thompson's Mark (or M.T.).
subs. phr. (old).—Empty packages
are said to be so marked:
as adj. = empty.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
Moll-tooler, subs. (thieves').—A
female pick-pocket. For synonyms
see Thieves.
Moll-wire, subs. (thieves').—See
Moll-buzzer. For synonyms
see Thieves.
Molly (Miss Molly, or Molly-coddle),
subs. (common).—1.
