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Examples

  • "But your head's as empty as a mollag, and as full of wind as well.

    The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892

  • It's a regular ould human mollag you are, anyway, floating other people's nets and taking all that's coming to them. "

    The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892

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  • Eew. According to OED: An inflated dog's skin used as a float for fishing nets (Manx English).

    April 23, 2009

  • Yeah. I was going to avoid posting the definition for that reason. Also note the slang term "as full as a mollag: extremely drunk." Eew.

    Still... it makes me wonder about Manx. Are there Manx lists on Wordie? *wanders off to see*

    April 23, 2009

  • I thought there were.

    April 23, 2009