trollop

American  

[trol-uhp] / ˈtrɒl əp /

noun

Older Use.

1. an immoral or sexually promiscuous woman (now often used facetiously).

2. a prostitute.

3. an untidy or slovenly woman; slattern.

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trollop British  

/ ˈtrɒləp /

noun

1. a promiscuous woman, esp a prostitute

2. an untidy woman; slattern

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Other Word Forms

• trollopy
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of trollop

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

Example Sentences

The readers were the Queen and Princess Alice, who sought to cheat themselves by substituting Trollope for George Eliot, and Lever for Trollop, and by speaking confidently of trying Sir Walter Scott "to-morrow."

From Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 by Tytler, Sarah

The next evening at Mrs. Gloverson's party, she said to Mr. Buckstone: "I want Mr. Trollop to make his great speech on the Pension bill."

From The Gilded Age, Part 5. by Warner, Charles Dudley

Promptness is a virtue, Mr. Trollop, and I perceive that you have it.

From The Gilded Age, Part 5. by Warner, Charles Dudley

Mr. Trollop, you are pledged to support the Indigent Congressmen's Retroactive Appropriation which is to come up, either in this or the next session.

From The Gilded Age, Part 5. by Warner, Charles Dudley

It is whispered that the Hon. Mr. Trollop has gone over to the pirates.

From The Gilded Age, Part 5. by Warner, Charles Dudley