Slang.
1. a female companion of a criminal.
2. a female criminal. Also called moll .
[ 1905-10; gun in earlier Brit. argot "thief" (see GANEF), later taken as GUN 1 , which has influenced sense; cf. SON OF A GUN ]
Slang.
1. a female companion of a criminal.
2. a female criminal. Also called moll .
[ 1905-10; gun in earlier Brit. argot "thief" (see GANEF), later taken as GUN 1 , which has influenced sense; cf. SON OF A GUN ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012