Moll can refer to:
As a name
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Moll (surname) Moll is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Albert Moll (German psychiatrist), (1862–1939), founder of modern sexology
* Albert Moll (Canadian psychiatrist), pioneer in day treatment for psychiatric patients
* Brian Moll (1925†...
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Moll Anderson
Moll Anderson (née Molly R. Ruffalo) is an inspirational interior designer, life stylist, author, and former singer and national iHeart Radio host on The Moll Anderson Show. She is the author of ''Change Your Home, Change Your Life with Color,' ...
, interior designer, life stylist, author, and former national iHeart Radio host
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Moll Anthony
Moll Anthony, aka Mary Lesson (–1878), was an Irish ''bean feasa'' ( wise-woman) who lived at Hill of the Grange, but apparently originally from the Red Hills, County Kildare. She was called after her father, Anthony Dunne. She was buried in Mi ...
, aka Mary Lesson (1807–1878), Irish ''bean feasa'' (wise-woman)
* Moll Cutpurse, an alias of
Mary Frith (c. 1584–1659), notorious London pickpocket and fence
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Moll Davis (c. 1648–1708), entertainer and courtesan, singer, and actress, mistress to King Charles II of England
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Moll Dyer (died c. 1697?), a possibly legendary woman accused of witchcraft and driven out of her town
* Moll King, an alias of
Elizabeth Adkins
Elizabeth Adkins, who was also known as Moll King, Moll Bird, Mary Godson, Mary and Maria Godson (1696–1747), was a prominent figure in London's underworld during the early 18th century. She owned Tom King's Coffee House, King's Coffeehouse w ...
(1696–1747), proprietor of a notorious London establishment, first with her husband, then alone
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Moll O'Driscoll
Michael O'Driscoll (1922 - February 1988), known as Moll O'Driscoll was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club side Clonakilty and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team.
Career
O'Driscoll first came to Gaelic footb ...
, Irish Gaelic footballer
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Moll Pitcher
Moll Pitcher (born Mary Diamond; c. 1736 – April 9, 1813) was a clairvoyant and fortune-teller from Lynn, Massachusetts. A tree in West Dedham, today Westwood, was named for her in 1837.
Background
Moll Pitcher was said to have descend ...
, born Mary Diamond (c. 1736-1813), a clairvoyant and fortune-teller
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Aethelwold Moll, King of Northumbria 759-765
Fictional characters
* ''
Moll Flanders
''Moll Flanders'' is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1722. It purports to be the true account of the life of the eponymous Moll, detailing her exploits from birth until old age.
By 1721, Defoe had become a recognised novelist, wit ...
'', the title character in the novel by Daniel Defoe
* Moll Hackabout, the unfortunate prostitute portrayed in William Hogarth's ''
A Harlot's Progress''
* ''Moll'', a character in the 1937 musical ''
The Cradle Will Rock'' by Marc Blitzstein
Slang term
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Gun moll, gangster moll or gangster's moll, the female companion of a hoodlum or gangster
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Moll (slang)
Moll/Mole/Molly is a slang term with two different meanings in two places:
*In the United States, an archaic term for a gangster's girlfriend. See gun moll.
*In Australia and New Zealand, usually pejorative or self-deprecating, for a woman of loose ...
, in Australia and New Zealand, a woman with loose sexual morals
Other uses
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Minor scale, in music
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Moll, Skye, a
location in Highland, Scotland
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Möll, a river of Austria
* , a Spanish
grape variety
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Manto negro
Manto negro is a red Spanish wine grape variety grown on the Balearic islands. It is used in wines produced under the Binissalem-Mallorca and Plà i Llevant (DO) '' Denominación de Origen'' (DO)s, as well as the Illes Balears appellations. T ...
, another Spanish wine grape variety that is also known as Moll
See also
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Moll's Gap, a mountain pass in County Kerry, Ireland
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Molly, a given name
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Mol (disambiguation)
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