"Molly House" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Molly Houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Molly House (plural Molly Houses)
  1. Alternative form of molly house Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: molly house
    Sense id: en-Molly_House-en-noun-guj72ESF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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