Meanings
nounmolly bolt (plural molly bolts)
plural molly bolts
- A specialized screw fastener used with drywall as a hollow-wall anchor.
Insecurely tilted against the wall is the big oval mirror they took away when her parents had a new bathroom put in; he always meant to attach it to the plaster above her bureau for her but never got around to buying molly bolts.
1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 85
Origin
Former trademark.
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molly bolt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molly%20bolt
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“molly bolt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molly%20bolt. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “molly bolt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molly%20bolt.
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