molrowingn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɒlraʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmɑlˌraʊɪŋ/

Forms: 1800s molrowing, 1800s– moll-rowing, 1800s– mollrowing, 1900s– moll rowing.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moll n.², row v.⁶, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < moll n.² (compare sense 2 at that entry) + row v.⁶ + -ing suffix¹, although association with cats in quots. 1860 at sense A. 1 and 1865 at sense B. and also in sense A. 2 would perhaps argue against identification of the first element as moll n.² 2; E. Partridge Dict. Slang (1937) suggests that the word is ‘perhaps a fusion of miauling and caterwauling ’. Compare molrower n.

slang. Now rare.

A. n.

1. The practice of socializing with a disreputable woman, spec. with the female partner of a gangster (see moll n.² 2); whoring.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women

whore-playa1325

whoring1530

whore-huntinga1533

whoremonging1549

palliardy1568

queanry1568

queaning1569

harloting1575

wenching1590

whorism1598

coney-catching1616

whoremastery1618

woman palaver1803

molrowing1860

whorehopping1916

1860 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang (ed. 2) Molrowing, ‘out on the spree’, in company with so-called ‘gay women’. In allusion to the amatory serenadings of the London cats.

1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 206 To go ballocking; beard-splitting; bed-pressing;..molrowing.

1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 77/1 Moll-rowing, entertaining and stepping out with the sweetheart or wife of a gangster, who is imprisoned.

2. Caterwauling, rowing; a noisy howling. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [noun] > uproar or tumult

brack?c1200

ludea1275

ludingc1275

grede13..

to-doc1330

stevenc1385

ruitc1390

shoutingc1405

rumourc1425

dirdumc1440

shout1487

rippit?1507

glamer?a1513

rangat?a1513

reird?a1513

larumc1515

reirdour1535

uproar1544

clamouring1548

racket1565

baldare1582

rack jack1582

rufflery1582

pother1603

rut1607

clamorousnessa1617

hurricane1639

clutter1656

flaw1676

splutter1677

rout1684

hirdum-dirdum1724

fracas1727

collieshangie1737

racketing1760

hullabaloo1762

hurly1806

bobbery1816

trevally1819

pandemonium1827

hurly-burly1830

outroar1845

on-ding1871

tow-row1877

ruckus1885

molrowing1892

rookus1892

rux1918

1892 E. J. Milliken 'Arry Ballads 42 A pootily piped ‘Blooming Lavender’,..as meller as blackbirds in June, Beats 'Andel's molrowings a buster.

1894 G. A. Sala Things I have Seen II. xiii. 121 The scene wound up with a great concert of practical cats on the roof, whose diabolical mollrowings still ring in my ears.

1936 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Sweet Cry of Hounds ix. 116 Tom-cat-like mollrowings of affection.

†B. adj.

That howls or caterwauls. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 47 There, you moll-rowing devil [sc. a cat]; take that.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	molrowing
释义	molrowingn.adj. Brit. /ˈmɒlraʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɑlˌraʊɪŋ/ Forms: 1800s molrowing, 1800s– moll-rowing, 1800s– mollrowing, 1900s– moll rowing. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moll n.², row v.⁶, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < moll n.² (compare sense 2 at that entry) + row v.⁶ + -ing suffix¹, although association with cats in quots. 1860 at sense A. 1 and 1865 at sense B. and also in sense A. 2 would perhaps argue against identification of the first element as moll n.² 2; E. Partridge Dict. Slang (1937) suggests that the word is ‘perhaps a fusion of miauling and caterwauling ’. Compare molrower n. slang. Now rare. A. n. 1. The practice of socializing with a disreputable woman, spec. with the female partner of a gangster (see moll n.² 2); whoring. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women whore-playa1325 whoring1530 whore-huntinga1533 whoremonging1549 palliardy1568 queanry1568 queaning1569 harloting1575 wenching1590 whorism1598 coney-catching1616 whoremastery1618 woman palaver1803 molrowing1860 whorehopping1916 1860 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang (ed. 2) Molrowing, ‘out on the spree’, in company with so-called ‘gay women’. In allusion to the amatory serenadings of the London cats. 1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 206 To go ballocking; beard-splitting; bed-pressing;..molrowing. 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 77/1 Moll-rowing, entertaining and stepping out with the sweetheart or wife of a gangster, who is imprisoned. 2. Caterwauling, rowing; a noisy howling. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [noun] > uproar or tumult brack?c1200 ludea1275 ludingc1275 grede13.. to-doc1330 stevenc1385 ruitc1390 shoutingc1405 rumourc1425 dirdumc1440 shout1487 rippit?1507 glamer?a1513 rangat?a1513 reird?a1513 larumc1515 reirdour1535 uproar1544 clamouring1548 racket1565 baldare1582 rack jack1582 rufflery1582 pother1603 rut1607 clamorousnessa1617 hurricane1639 clutter1656 flaw1676 splutter1677 rout1684 hirdum-dirdum1724 fracas1727 collieshangie1737 racketing1760 hullabaloo1762 hurly1806 bobbery1816 trevally1819 pandemonium1827 hurly-burly1830 outroar1845 on-ding1871 tow-row1877 ruckus1885 molrowing1892 rookus1892 rux1918 1892 E. J. Milliken 'Arry Ballads 42 A pootily piped ‘Blooming Lavender’,..as meller as blackbirds in June, Beats 'Andel's molrowings a buster. 1894 G. A. Sala Things I have Seen II. xiii. 121 The scene wound up with a great concert of practical cats on the roof, whose diabolical mollrowings still ring in my ears. 1936 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Sweet Cry of Hounds ix. 116 Tom-cat-like mollrowings of affection. †B. adj. That howls or caterwauls. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 47 There, you moll-rowing devil [sc. a cat]; take that. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1860
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