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2 definitions found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mol·ly
,
n.
A
pet
or
colloquial
name
for
Mary
.
Molly cottontail
.
Zool.
See
Cottontail
.
Molly Maguire
pl
.
Molly Maguires
(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.
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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Cot·ton·tail
n.
Zool.
The
American
wood
rabbit
(
Lepus sylvaticus
); --
also
called
Molly cottontail
.
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