In old American crime talk, a moll is a criminal’s girlfriend, especially a gangster’s. You will hear gun moll in old films and in newspapers from the 1920s and 1930s: the woman beside the man with the gun.

In old American crime talk在早期美國犯罪用語裡, a moll指的是 is a criminal's girlfriend, especially a gangster's罪犯的女朋友，尤其是黑幫份子的女友。You你 will hear gun moll會聽到gun moll這個詞 in old films and in newspapers from the 1920s and 1930s出現在老電影和1920、1930年代的報紙裡: the woman beside the man with the gun指的是站在拿槍男人旁邊的女人。

It is not a kind word. It treats her as part of his world, not as a person with her own name.

It它 is not a kind word不是個友善的詞。It它 treats her as part of his world把她當成是他世界的一部分, not as a person with her own name而不是一個有自己名字的獨立的人。

People do not say this in ordinary life now; it sounds like a period story, or like someone quoting a film. Younger speakers almost never use it except as a joke.

People人們 do not say this in ordinary life now現在日常生活中不太會這樣說; it它 sounds like a period story聽起來像是年代故事, or like someone quoting a film或像是有人在引用電影台詞。Younger speakers年輕一輩的人 almost never use it except as a joke幾乎只有開玩笑時才會用它。

It comes from Moll, an old pet name for Mary — the same nickname that also gives Molly. Though actually, that name-path and the crime meaning are not how anyone names a friend today.

It它 comes from Moll源自Moll, an old pet name for Mary是Mary的舊暱稱 — the same nickname that also gives Molly同一個暱稱也衍生出Molly。Though actually不過事實上, that name-path and the crime meaning這個名字的由來和犯罪的意思 are not how anyone names a friend today都跟現在有人取名字給朋友沒有關係。

This is not mall (a shopping centre), not mole, and not the German music word moll for a minor key, which only looks the same.

This這個字 is not mall (a shopping centre)不是mall（購物中心）, not mole也不是mole（鼴鼠）, and not the German music word moll for a minor key也不是德文音樂用語moll（指小調）, which only looks the same那些只是長得很像而已。