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单词 molly dancer
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Molly dancern.

Brit. /ˈmɒlɪ ˌdɑːnsə/, /ˈmɒlɪ ˌdansə/, U.S. /ˈmɑli ˌdænsər/
Origin: Probably from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Molly , dancer n.
Etymology: Probably < Molly, pet form of the female forename Mary (see molly n.1 and compare sense 1 at that entry) + dancer n.: see quot. 1959 below.
English regional (esp. northern)
A person who participates in a traditional English dance or masquerade (see quot. 1959); (more generally) a morris dancer.
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morris dancer1448
Moriscoa1616
morricer1810
Molly dancer1881
1881 Advertiser (Stockport) Notes & Queries I. 89/2 I have heard the dancers who attended the rush cart had two persons who were distinguished from the rest, who were called molly dancers.
1901 Folk-lore Dec. 412 She called the Morris-dancers ‘molly dancers’. She said that most people in Castleton grew flowers for the garland.
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xii. 261 In north Manchester, gangs of boys calling themselves ‘Molly Dancers’ wear old clothes, mostly women's, and make-up their faces, and go around singing..‘Spare a copper for the Molly dancers’.
1971 Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. xx. 8 Molly Dancers, performers of a traditional folk play, of which a number survived in North Staffordshire into the 1930's. I assume the phrase to be a popular etymology for Morris Dancers.
1991 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 16/8 The Straw Bear, a man dressed to look like a hayrick, tours the town with musicians, Morris, Sword and Molly Dancers, preceded by a plough.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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