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I would point out, however, that you have been looking at me since we met as though you had encountered me lying in the gutter outside some notorious mollyhouse.
Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997
madmouth commented on the word mollyhouse
Oscar Wilde spent much of his time at various mollyhouses.
April 16, 2009
madmouth commented on the word mollyhouse
moreover, the term mollycoddle uses this particular meaning of 'molly' (see more at World Wide Word)
April 20, 2009