trull
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trull
First recorded in 1510–20; of uncertain origin; cf. trollop, German Trulle “loose woman”
Example Sentences
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A man! we're mistaken; a man has manners: the awkward creature is some tinker's trull, in a periwig.
From The Inconstant by Farquhar, George
Thus every Jack sticks to his own Jill; every tinker esteems his own trull; and the hob-nailed suiter prefers Joan the milk-maid before any of my lady's daughters.
From In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts by Erasmus, Desiderius
It may be observed, that trull was not, in our author's time, a term of mere infamy, but a word of slight contempt, as wench is now.
From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Sherbo, Arthur
Thus every Jack sticks to his own Jill; every tinker esteems his own trull; and the hobnailed suitor prefers Joan the milkmaid before any of milady's daughters.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Hubbard, Elbert
Since Sonnets thus in bundles are imprest, And euery drudge doth dull our satiate eare, Think'st thou my loue, shall in those rags be drest That euery dowdie, euery trull doth weare?
From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril
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