Definitions for gun moll
gun moll

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. moll, gun moll, gangster's mollnoun

   the girlfriend of a gangster

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1. Gun moll

   A gun moll or gangster moll or gangster's moll is the female companion of a male professional criminal. "Gun" was British slang for thief, derived from Yiddish ganef, from the Hebrew gannāb (גנב). "Moll" is also used as a euphemism for a woman prostitute.

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1. gun moll

   A gun moll is a term that was primarily used in the early 20th century to refer to a female companion of a professional criminal, particularly a gangster. The term is derived from "Moll," a British criminal slang for girlfriend or woman, and "gun," signifying their involvement in criminal activities.

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1. Gun moll

   A gun moll is the female companion of a male professional criminal. In some contexts, 'gun moll' more specifically suggests that the woman handles a firearm. When the term came into usage in the first decade of the 20th century, "gun" was not derived from the firearm, but from the Yiddish word meaning "thief," variously transliterated into English as ganefthe, gonif, goniff, or ganof, itself derived from Hebrew "Ganav". However, this distinction gradually disappeared, especially when such women became associated with gangsters noted for their frequent use of guns. "Moll" derives from "Molly", used as a euphemism for "whore" or "prostitute" and attested at least since 17th century England. In the U.S., the term has mostly been applied to a woman associating with an American gangster of the 1920s and 1930s, and in most cases remarkable only because of his notoriety. Extended use of the term without awareness of the Yiddish root, however, has invited interpretations of "gun" as suggesting more than simply criminal associations. Bonnie Parker and Blanche Barrow were gun molls in this stronger sense, and especially notable examples in general, because of their accompanying the rest of the Barrow Gang to the planned locations of violent crimes, and in Parker's case, apparently directly assisting at least to the extent of loading guns in the midst of shootouts.

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gun moll in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gun moll in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Moll
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gun moll