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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Molly  \Mol"ly\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Same  as  {Mollemoke}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Molly  \Mol"ly\,  n. 
  A  pet  or  colloquial  name  for  Mary. 
 
  {Molly  cottontail}.  (Zo["o]l.)  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  molly 
  n  :  popular  aquarium  fish  [syn:  {mollie}]




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