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Definition: MOLLY-MAWK

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Noun 1. An alternative spelling for "Mollemoke": Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and several species of Aestrelata, of the Southern Ocean.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Molly-mawk" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: MOLLY-MAWK

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An alternative spelling for "Mollemoke": Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and several species of Aestrelata, of the Southern Ocean.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "MOLLY-MAWK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)