molly bolt
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Former trademark.
Noun[edit]
molly bolt (plural molly bolts)
- A specialized screw fastener used with drywall as a hollow-wall anchor.
- 1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 85:
- 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.
Further reading[edit]
- Molly (fastener) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia