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What is the origin of the Australian term mollydooker to describe a left-handed person? Presumably the end is related to calling one's hands dukes, but where does the molly come from?

Question #141350. Asked by looney_tunes.
Last updated May 14 2021.
Originally posted Aug 23 2015 7:45 PM.

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The definition comes in two parts dooker refers to duke or dook meaning hands and molly seems to comes from either mauley meaning hands or molly meaning effeminate male.

link http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-mol2.htm

Response last updated by gtho4 on May 14 2021.
Aug 23 2015, 9:28 PM
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