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# molly

«molly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Molly: a girl's name, often short for Mary** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a molly, mollies); proper noun (Molly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Molly: a girl's name, often short for Mary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molly/#m1)

2) A small fish often kept in home aquariums, related to guppies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molly/#m2)

3) (slang) A street name for an illegal drug (MDMA); it is dangerous and against the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

As a name it is common in stories and maths problems («Molly has 8 marbles»). Pet-shop fish keepers know mollies. Children may hear the drug slang in safety lessons, which warn that such drugs are illegal and harmful. Phrases: black molly, mollycoddle (to protect someone too much).

### examples

- Molly has eight marbles and wins five more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molly/#x1)
- We have two black mollies in our fish tank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molly/#x2)
- Molly's dog is called Biscuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molly/#x3)
- Mollies give birth to live baby fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molly/#x4)
- The safety talk warned that «molly» is a dangerous drug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molly/#x5)
- Stop mollycoddling him; he can tie his own laces! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molly/#x6)
- Molly is my cousin from Dublin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molly/#x7)
- "They are Molly and me," said the boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molly/#x8)

### note

The name has a capital M; the fish is lower case (plural mollies). The drug sense is slang: drugs like this are illegal and can kill; tell a trusted adult if someone offers you any. «Mollycoddle» is one separate word.

### In the corpora

- [A fluffy chick hops about on the pavement and Molly flings out her arms: "Don't TOUCH it!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/10-birds-and-baby-animals/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «molly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.