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trollop

[ trol-uhp ]

noun

, Older Use.
  1. an immoral or sexually promiscuous woman (now often used facetiously).
  2. a prostitute.
  3. an untidy or slovenly woman; slattern.


trollop

/ ˈtrɒləp /

noun

  1. a promiscuous woman, esp a prostitute
  2. an untidy woman; slattern
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈtrollopy, adjective
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Other Words From

  • trol·lop·y adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trollop1

First recorded in 1605–15; earlier trollops; perhaps akin to troll 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trollop1

C17: perhaps from German dialect Trolle prostitute; perhaps related to trull
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Example Sentences

At the advent of Count Trollop she was twenty, and her mother had then been some years dead.

Poor cast-out trollop,--now the seas made sport of her who once had held her head so high!

And of this they would dare to deprive him—they, an interloping trollop and a dirty little attorney!

And one day, when he said this, his trollop replied: "The king is here, old fellow!"

It is bestowed alike on every drab and trollop as on the very few who really deserve it.

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