Question

When Moll tells the reader that her "true name is so well known in the records or registers at Newgate, and in the Old Bailey," she is speaking euphemistically. What does it mean that Moll Flanders' true name "is so well known in the records or registers at Newgate, and in the Old Bailey"?

Answer 1

Answer:

It means that Molly's true name was clearly there in records at Newgate which are in Old Bailey