Molly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Molly \Mol"ly\, n. (Zool.)
     Same as {Mollemoke}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Molly \Mol"ly\, n.
     A pet or colloquial name for Mary.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Molly cottontail}. (Zool.) See {Cottontail}.
  
     {Molly Maguire} (m[.a]*gw[imac]r"); pl. {Molly Maguires}
        (-gw[imac]rz).
     (a) A member of a secret association formed among the
         tenantry in Ireland about 1843, principally for the
         purpose of intimidating law officers and preventing the
         service of legal writs. Its members disguised themselves
         in the dress of women.
     (b) A member of a similar association of Irishmen organized
         in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania, about
         1854, for the purpose of intimidating employers and
         officers of the law, and for avenging themselves by
         murder on persons obnoxious to them. The society was
         broken up by criminal prosecutions in 1876.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  molly
       n : popular aquarium fish [syn: {mollie}]