Talk:mollie

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Also synonym for mallemaroking?[edit]

Also apparently a synonym for mallemaroking (carousing on whaling ships), e.g. (1874, Sir Albert Hastings Markham, ‎Sherard Osborn, A Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay and the Gulf of Boothia) "In whaling parlance, a “mollie" means having a night of it; that is, a number of captains congregate together on board one ship, and then an animated discussion ensues..."; this is also listed in Chambers 1908. Finding actual usage is harder. Equinox 19:58, 3 May 2019 (UTC)Reply