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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MOLLY MAGUIRE

The name refers to the female disguise adopted by members of these societies.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MOLLY MAGUIRE

Molly Maguire  [ˈmɒlɪ məˈɡwaɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOLLY MAGUIRE

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Molly Maguire is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MOLLY MAGUIRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Molly Maguires

The Molly Maguires was a 19th-century secret society composed mainly of Irish and Irish American coal miners. The "Mollies" were believed to have been present in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania in the United States since at least the "Panic of 1873" until becoming largely inactive following a series of arrests, trials and executions, between 1876 and 1878. Members of the "Mollies" were accused of murder, arson, kidnapping and other crimes, in part based on allegations by Franklin B. Gowen and the testimony of a Pinkerton detective, James McParland, a native of County Armagh, Ireland. Fellow prisoners testified against the defendants, who were arrested by the Coal and Iron Police. Gowen acted as a prosecutor in some of the trials. The trusts seem to have focused almost exclusively upon the Molly Maguires for criminal prosecution. Information passed from the Pinkerton detective, intended only for the detective agency and their client — the most powerful industrialist of the region—was apparently also provided to vigilantes who ambushed and murdered miners suspected of being Molly Maguires, as well as their families.

Definition of Molly Maguire in the English dictionary

The definition of Molly Maguire in the dictionary is a member of a secret society that terrorized law officers during the 1840s to prevent evictions. Other definition of Molly Maguire is a member of a society of miners that terrorized mine owners and their agents in an effort to obtain better pay.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOLLY MAGUIRE


acquire
əˈkwaɪə
Araguaia
ˌɑːrəˈɡwaɪə
Araguaya
ˌɑːrəˈɡwaɪə
choir
kwaɪə
enquire
ɪnˈkwaɪə
esquire
ɪˈskwaɪə
FireWire
ˈfaɪəˌwaɪə
haywire
ˈheɪˌwaɪə
inquire
ɪnˈkwaɪə
McGwire
məˈɡwaɪə
microwire
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌwaɪə
newswire
ˈnjuːzˌwaɪə
prewire
priːˈwaɪə
quire
kwaɪə
require
rɪˈkwaɪə
rewire
riːˈwaɪə
squire
skwaɪə
swire
swaɪə
underwire
ˈʌndəˌwaɪə
wire
waɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOLLY MAGUIRE

Mollweide projection
molly
mollycoddle
mollycoddler
mollycoddling
mollyhawk
mollymawk
moloch
molochise
Molokai
Molopo
Molossian
Molossian dog
Molossian hound
molossus
Molotov
Molotov cocktail

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOLLY MAGUIRE

affaire
Aire
copper wire
desire
dire
empire
entire
fire
Hampshire
hire
inspire
lire
New Hampshire
prerequire
reacquire
sapphire
tire
to the wire
vampire
Yorkshire

Synonyms and antonyms of Molly Maguire in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Molly Maguire» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOLLY MAGUIRE

Find out the translation of Molly Maguire to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Molly Maguire from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Molly Maguire» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

莫莉马奎尔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Molly Maguire
570 millions of speakers

English

Molly Maguire
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मौली Maguire
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مولي ماغواير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Молли Магуайр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Molly Maguire
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মলি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Molly Maguire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Molly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Molly Maguire
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

モリー·マグワイア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

몰리 맥과이어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Molly
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Molly Maguire
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மோலி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मौखिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

muhallebi çocuğu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Molly Maguire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Molly Maguire
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Моллі Магуайр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Molly Maguire
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Molly Maguire
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Molly Maguire
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Molly Maguire
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Molly Maguire
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Molly Maguire

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOLLY MAGUIRE»

The term «Molly Maguire» is normally little used and occupies the 138.143 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOLLY MAGUIRE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Molly Maguire

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOLLY MAGUIRE»

Discover the use of Molly Maguire in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Molly Maguire and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Molly Maguire: Wide Receiver
Certain that she can play football as well as any boy, Molly wins a spot on the all-male team, but the ambitious girl soon realizes that the sport she loves is not all it is cracked up to be.
Ann Sullivan, 1992
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Making Sense of the Molly Maguires
At the same time, this book examines new archival evidence from Ireland that establishes that the American Molly Maguires were a rare transatlantic strand of the violent protest endemic in the Irish countryside.
Austin Kevin Kenny Assistant Professor of History University of Texas, 1998
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Making Sense of the Molly Maguires
It was a remarkable show of power by the authorities, a spectacle that was not to be surpassed until the following June 21, when ten Molly Maguires were executed on a single day.42 All of the Molly Maguire trials from January to September ...
Austin Kevin Kenny Assistant Professor of History University of Texas, 1998
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Sweet Molly Maguire
"She came walking into his office and his life with hair of spun copper, frightened green eyes and legs that stretched all the way to heaven.
Terry Houston, 2010
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The Molly Maguires of Pennsylvania: Or Ireland in America; a ...
I do not ask you now whether you know he is a Molly Maguire. I do not ask for that . You say you heard he was a Molly Maguire and his reputation was good. Do you mean to say that a man who has the common reputation of being a Molly ...
Ernest W. Lucy, 1882
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Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia
“The Mythical Qualities of Molly Maguire.” Pennsylvania History 49 (April): 91– 103. Beames, M. R. 1983. Peasants and Power: The Whiteboy Movements and Their Control in Pre- Famine Ireland. New York: St. Martin's Press. Bimba, Anthony.
Peter Knight, 2003
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The Peoples of Pennsylvania: An Annotated Bibliography of ...
... Ernest W. The Molly Maguires of Pennsylvania; of Ireland in America; A True \ arrative. (edited by C. E. England). London: G. Bell and Sons, 1882. McCarthy, Charles A. The Great Molly Maguire Hoax. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: Cro Woods ...
David E. Washburn, 1981
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St. Clair: A Nineteenth-century Coal Town's Experience with ...
HSP, Society Collection, Molly Maguire Papers, 28 Feb. 1874. 8. Ibid., 6 March 1874. 9. Information on Hall is to be found in the St. Clair census schedules for 1 86o, 1 870, and 1880, and in the property map in Beers and Cochran, 1875 (NA).
Anthony F. C. Wallace, 1988
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Pearson's Magazine
As McFadden used to say: "In the days when Molly Maguire was moving, it was not safe to stir about Donegal at night," and sure it was that poor 'lam O'Shanter never took the road home at midnight with more fear and trembling than the ...
‎1900
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The Molly Maguires: The Origin, Growth, and Character of the ...
As against the oath of a convicted " Molly Maguire," the mere assertion of the parties he implicates in a disreputable transaction should have great weight. But the corroboration of Slattery in the admission of the payment of the money ...
Francis Percival Dewees, 1877

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOLLY MAGUIRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Molly Maguire is used in the context of the following news items.
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RED BANK: OM ON THE RIVER
07.23 - Thursday Night Trivia at Molly Maguire's Gentleman Jim ... and lighthearted crowd work' at Molly Maguire's Gastropub in Rumson. «redbankgreen, Jul 15»
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RUMSON: MAN CHARGED IN TWO SLUGFESTS
07.23 - Thursday Night Trivia at Molly Maguire's Gentleman Jim ... and lighthearted crowd work' at Molly Maguire's Gastropub in Rumson. «redbankgreen, Jul 15»
3
RED BANK: GET OUT AND STAY OUT
07.23 - Thursday Night Trivia at Molly Maguire's Gentleman Jim ... and lighthearted crowd work' at Molly Maguire's Gastropub in Rumson. «redbankgreen, Jul 15»
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Bicyclists brave heat in 65-mile pub-to-pub trek
Molly Maguire, 28 and Carrie Thomson, 28, both of Philadelphia, cheer on riders as they wait for their team during the 2015 Irish Pub Tour de ... «Press of Atlantic City, Jul 15»
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RUMSON: VEHICLE SINKS AT BOAT RAMP
07.23 - Thursday Night Trivia at Molly Maguire's Gentleman Jim ... and lighthearted crowd work' at Molly Maguire's Gastropub in Rumson. «redbankgreen, Jul 15»
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WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? A TASTE OF GREECE
07.23 - Thursday Night Trivia at Molly Maguire's Gentleman Jim ... and lighthearted crowd work' at Molly Maguire's Gastropub in Rumson. «redbankgreen, Jul 15»
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RED BANK: SUSPECT CHARGED IN BIZ SMASH-IN
07.23 - Thursday Night Trivia at Molly Maguire's Gentleman Jim ... and lighthearted crowd work' at Molly Maguire's Gastropub in Rumson. «redbankgreen, Jul 15»
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ON THE GREEN: MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS
07.23 - Thursday Night Trivia at Molly Maguire's Gentleman Jim ... and lighthearted crowd work' at Molly Maguire's Gastropub in Rumson. «redbankgreen, Jul 15»
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CHURN: 10TH AVE. NEARS OPENING DATE
07.23 - Thursday Night Trivia at Molly Maguire's Gentleman Jim ... and lighthearted crowd work' at Molly Maguire's Gastropub in Rumson. «redbankgreen, Jul 15»
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LITTLE SILVER: OLD HOUSE TO BE RAZED
07.16 - Thursday Night Trivia at Molly Maguire's Gentleman Jim ... and lighthearted crowd work' at Molly Maguire's Gastropub in Rumson. «redbankgreen, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Molly Maguire [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/molly-maguire>. Apr 2024 ».
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