mollock, v. colloq.
(ˈmɒlək)
[Invented by Stella Gibbons (see quot. 1932), prob. an alteration of marlock vb. s.v. marlock n., perh. infl. by rollock, dial. form of rollick v.]
intr. To cavort, esp. to engage in sexual intercourse; also fig. Hence ˈmollocking vbl. n.
| 1932 S. Gibbons Cold Comfort Farm v. 70 He's off a-mollocking somewheres in Howling. 1959 Sunday Times 23 Aug. 21/3 There was that little bit of trouble about the carefree mollocking in the London parks. 1978 Economist 26 Aug. 91/3 The NEB is mollocking with its own chosen newly-installed entrepreneurial management, rather than propping up lame-duck-breeders. 1983 N. Bawden Ice House ii. i. 25 And yet, here they were, not more than a foot away, bedhead to bedhead, merrily mollocking. 1995 Guardian 11 Feb. 26 (caption) ‘Water vole—mollock with me when the sukebind blooms.’.. He's such an old romantic! |