释义 |
molly-dook, a. Austral. slang.|ˌmɒlɪˈduːk| [f. molly1 (or perh. mauley) + duke n. 7.] Left-handed. So molly-dooker, -hander, a left-handed person; molly-duked a., left-handed.
[1926‘J. V. Marshall’ Timely Tips to New Australians, Mauldy, left-handed.] 1934Bulletin (Sydney) 21 Mar. 11/3 Hence the trade is taboo to the molly-hander. 1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 47 Mollydooker, a left-handed person. Whence, ‘mollydook’ (adj.): left-handed. 1969Southerly XXIX. 8 It could be being written by someone else with the same absurdly decorous aim, someone molly⁓duked, atheist, over-educated. |