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

Derived Forms

• ˈtrollopy, adjective

Other Words From

• trol·lop·y adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of trollop¹

First recorded in 1605–15; earlier trollops; perhaps akin to troll ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of trollop¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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