trollop en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈtɹɒl.əp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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.”).
Meanings
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(derogatory) 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.
1903 February 8, The Truth, Sydney, page 3, column 4: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.
1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 433:And the best thing about her is that she's not a prude. In fact, she's something of a trollop: she jokes with everybody and laughs and makes fun of everything.
Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 200:However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie--did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.
1936, Anthony Bertram, Like the Phoenix:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| trollops | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (51)
cs coura (strumpet) · es golfa (strumpet) · de Hure (strumpet) · de Hure (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · cs běhna (strumpet) · fr putain (strumpet) · hi कुलटा (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · es ramera (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · de Schlampe (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · es puta (strumpet) · sv slampa (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · it puttana (strumpet) · sv slinka (strumpet) · fr pute (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · gd luid (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · nl slet (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · it battona (strumpet) · gd sgliùrach (strumpet) · ota قالتاق (strumpet) · fr morue (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · bg курва (strumpet) · ota قالتاق (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · nl slet (strumpet) · fr morue (strumpet) · it squillo (strumpet) · mk калаштура (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · ota مال (strumpet) · gd luid (strumpet) · fr traînée (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · es zorra (strumpet) · es zorra (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · mk распуштеница (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · ru шлю́ха (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · nl hoer (strumpet) · mk курва (strumpet) · mk блудница (strumpet) · fr roulure (strumpet) · fr pute (strumpet) · de Dirne (strumpet) · es golfa (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · it sgualdrina (strumpet) · it baldracca (strumpet) · fr garce (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · es puta (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · ru шлю́ха (strumpet) · es ramera (strumpet) · fr roulure (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · mk ороспија (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · it peripatetica (strumpet) · fr salope (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition) · ota مال (woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition)