gun moll


noun Slang.

a female companion of a criminal.
a female criminal.
Also called moll.

Origin of gun moll

1905–10; gun in earlier British argot “thief” (see ganef), later taken as gun1, which has influenced sense; cf. son of a gun

British Dictionary definitions for gun moll

gun moll

noun

slang a female criminal or a woman who associates with criminals