mollie

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see also: Mollie

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Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: mŏʹlĭ, IPA: /ˈmɒlɪ/
• (British) enPR: mŏʹli, IPA: /ˈmɒli/
• (America) enPR: mŏʹlē, IPA: /ˈmɑli/

Noun

mollie (plural mollies)

1. Any of many New World fish of the genus Poecilia, formerly called Mollienesia.
2. (informal) A Molotov cocktail.
   • 1993 August 2nd (5:27pm), “KARL FRIEDRICH BLOSS ↗” (user name), talk.politics.guns ↗ (Usenet), “Re: You Americans are Gun Freaks… ↗”, Message ID: <1993Aug2.172724.76557@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> ↗

     It seems the weapon of choice in Rostock and other wonderful displays of harmony with fellow humans (NOT) was the Mollie (Molotov cocktail).

   • 1998 September 30th, “zorbo ↗” (user name), misc.survivalism ↗ (Usenet newsgroup), “Re: Suppose the bad guys have tanks? ↗”, Message ID: <6useu0$4911@ns1.netrax.net> ↗

     Would you be willing to sit in an AFV, even the most modern, while I toss a couple mollies onto the engine compartment?

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Mollie

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Proper noun

1. Alternative spelling of Molly.
2. A diminutive of Molotov.
   • 1955, The New Yorker (Condé Nast Publications), volume 31, issues 13–25, page 34 ↗

     It was a crack division by then, and probably the chief architect of its excellence, next to Eddy, had been a private named Warner and nicknamed Molotov, which was later shortened to Mollie.

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