Word | moll |
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Definition | n. A female companion, girlfriend, esp. to a gangster; prostitute. |
Sentence | [The Tsarist] displayed…a discreet old-world civility…helping his moll to wrap up the electric fan her father had given her, and carrying streetward [Valeria's] luggage. |
Source | Lolita, I.8, p. 31 |
Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary
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