trollop
noun/ˈtɹɒl.əp/UK
Etymology
Origin uncertain; apparently connected with the Middle English trollen (“to go about, stroll, roll from side to side”). Ostensibly influenced, if not derived, in some way by a word from Old Norse trǫll (“troll, witch, mage, monster, etc.”).
- derived from trǫll
Definitions
A strumpet
A strumpet; a whore.
- Many an unfortunate Tuppenny trollop has gone from the old hag's den to the special ward at Little Bay, but not before the fell disease of the harlotic slums has been spread broadcast among the reckless patrons.
- Aarfy's buxom trollop had vanished with her smutty cameo ring, and Nurse Duckett was ashamed of him because he had refused to fly more combat missions and would cause a scandal.
to act in a sluggish or slovenly manner
to dangle soggily
to dangle soggily: become bedraggled
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to behave like a trollop
Of a horse
Of a horse: to move with a gait between a trot and a gallop; to canter.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for trollop. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA