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hairy molly
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English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
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1.3
Noun
1.4
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English
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Etymology
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Possibly from
hairy
+
Irish
malaí
(
literally
“
eyebrows
”
)
Pronunciation
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Audio
(
General Australian
)
:
(
file
)
Noun
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hairy
molly
(
plural
hairy mollies
)
(
Ireland
,
idiomatic
)
A hairy
caterpillar
.
[
1
]
(
Ireland
,
idiomatic
)
The
vulva
.
[
2
]
References
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^
Jonathon Green,
Cassel's Dictionary of Slang
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005
^
Irish Language & Culture
, Lonely Planet, 2007
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