mollycot dial.
(ˈmɒlɪkɒt)
[f. molly n.1 + cot n.5]
One who ‘fusses’ about domestic concerns; a man who performs a woman's domestic duties.
| 1826 Blackw. Mag. XX. 846/2 What in vulgar English is called a Molly-cot. 1837 Miss Mitford Country Stories (1850) 99 He's a worse mollycot than a woman. c 1861 J. T. Staton Rays fro' Loominary (1867) 63 If ever aw contentedly turn Mollycot, there'll ha to be some very different noshuns oth whole duty o man. |