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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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 Elbert Hubbard
The trolds obtained a character similar to that of the more modern succubus, and have left their impression upon Elizabethan English in the word "trull."
From Elizabethan Demonology by Thomas Alfred Spalding
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 Desiderius Erasmus
Can any beggar's trull look worse than I?'
From Popular Tales from the Norse by George Webbe Dasent
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 Cyril Brett
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