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▪ I. moley, n. slang.|ˈməʊlɪ|
[Origin obscure.]
(See quot. 1950.)
1950J. D. Carr Below Suspicion xi. 132 ‘Use the moleys when you catch 'im.’ The moley was an ordinary potato, its surface jagged with the edges of safety-razor blades. They ground it into your face, twisted it, and... 1959Spectator 6 Mar. 314/1, I suppose if I go on criticising him I shall end up by having the boys with the moleys call on me one dark night.
▪ II. moley, a. rare—1.|ˈməʊlɪ|
[f. mole n.2 + -y.]
Of the nature of a mole.
1758Goldsm. Hist. Our Own Lang. ii. Wks. (Bohn) IV. 449, I am far from saying that Parker was a fine..writer of the English language, but he certainly did it infinite service in discouraging..the moley, creeping style, which, at that time, infected all the ranks both of the laity and clergy. |