Meanings
mollie1
plural mollies
- informalA 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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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).
Mollie2
- alternativeAlternative spelling of Molly.
- A diminutive of Molotov.
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.
1955, The New Yorker, volume 31, numbers 13-25, Condé Nast Publications, page 34
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Diminutive abbreviation; compare Mollie (“Molotov”).
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mollie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mollie
“mollie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mollie. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mollie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mollie.
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