What's the difference between these words?

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What's the difference between these words?
Molly and Sissy
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I did any mistake? Please correct them. Thank you
 

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What's the difference between these words?
Molly and Sissy
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I did any mistake? Please correct them. Thank you
They both appear to be feminine names. What's the context?
 
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I only know the one word context.
Sissy.
Come on, you big sissy

If I've made any mistakes please to correct them =)
 

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I only know the one word context.
Sissy.
Come on, you big sissy

If I've made any mistakes please to correct them =)
As bhaisahab said, they're both feminine names. In the context you provided, sissy has other meanings. Have you tried to look it up? I suggest OneLook Dictionary Search.
 

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As bhaisahab said, they're both feminine names. In the context you provided, sissy has other meanings. Have you tried to look it up? I suggest OneLook Dictionary Search.

Yes sir, I tried to look up ti dictionary they have very similar meaning.
 

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If I've made any mistakes please [STRIKE][STRIKE]to[/STRIKE][/STRIKE] correct them. [STRIKE]=)[/STRIKE]

Use a full stop to end a sentence - not =).

I have told you this before. Please don't repeat the same mistakes.

A better title for your thread would have been Molly and Sissy.

Rover
 

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I have never heard "Mollly" used as anything other than a girl's (woman's) name in the U.S. Perhaps in other dialects of English is means the same as sissy, but if you called a man "a big molly" I'd have no idea what you mean.
 

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Perhaps in other dialects of English is means the same as sissy [...]

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My Collins English Dictionary states that:
molly
n, pl -lies Irish informal
an effeminate, weak, or cowardly boy or man
 

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What's the difference between these words?
Molly and Sissy
Please explain it for me. Thanks,
I did any mistake? Please correct them. Thank you


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(1) In the 1700's in England, there were molly houses. Gay men (they were

not called that in those days) could meet others in such places, which were

usually taverns. Of course, the police (who were not organized as such in those

early days) would regularly raid the houses and arrest the men.

(2) In those days, gay men were sometimes hanged, or they were put in

stocks (boards with holes for their arms and legs). Then people would throw

dead cats and dogs at them, thus sometimes killing the men.

(3) I have read this information in books. Of course, the Web also has much info

about this matter.
 
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