trull en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /tɹʌl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English trul (“travel about”), from Old French troller, treiller (“to hunt”). Doublet of troll.
Meanings
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(archaic) A female prostitute or harlot.
There was bad blood between them at first, says Mr Vincent, and the lord Harry called farmer Nicholas all the old Nicks in the world and an old whoremaster that kept seven trulls in his house and I'll meddle in his matters, says he.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:Spayne then enamour'd with the Romane trull, / Calls all her forces, more then Atomies, / And tells Ill-fortunes ſtorie to the full; […]
1595, Iruis [i.e., Gervase] Markham, The Most Honorable Tragedie of Sir Richard Grinuile, Knight, London: […] I. Roberts, for Richard Smith, →OCLC; republished in Edward Arber, editor, The Last Fight of the Revenge at Sea; under the Command of Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Grenville, on the 10–11th of September, 1591. Described by Sir Walter Raleigh, November, 1591. Gervase Markham, 1595. and Jan Huygen van ’Linschoten, in Dutch, 1596; English, 1598; and Latin, 1599 (English Reprints), Southgate, London: [Muir and Paterson, […]], 15 November 1871, →OCLC, page 55:A trull for certain, then; but a trull reformed, long since come up in the world.
2002, Peter Tonkin, One Head Too Many:‘Hark'ee, child,’ says she, ‘is not that very young gentleman now in bed with some nasty trull or other?’
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC: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:South of Delhi, Sahib, you know the saying—‘Rats are the men and trulls the women.’
1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Dray Wara Yow Dee”, in In Black and White (A. H. Wheeler & Co.’s Indian Railway Library; no. 3), 5th edition, Allahabad: Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co.; London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Ld., […], published 1890, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| trulls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
brass nail · thot · perdita · trug · brass · nymph of the pavement · pucelle · slag · girl rented overnight · almah · woman of the night · pavement princess · commoner · mud-kicker · succubus · Dutch widow · prosty · put · girl of the game · lady of pleasure · prozzy · lady of the evening · bangtail · woman of the town · comfort woman · trollop · wapping dell · hoer · whore · woman of ill repute · pug · working girl · slapper · nymph of the pavé · broad · mudkicker · slit · priestess of Venus · mob · painted lady · puella publica · alley cat · pretty horsebreaker · gill · mermaid · geebag · chromo · daughter of joy · harlot · blowsabella · soiled dove · wapping moll · business girl · lady of leisure · doxy · mud kicker · hackney · blouze · escort · sodomitess · GRO · prozzie · quene · 'ho · meat puppet · cocotte · karayuki-san · gamester · gay lady · Covent Garden nun · callet · chippy · prostie · prostitutor · hustler · treddle · pussygirl · scrubber · floozie · Bankside lady · bat · sex worker · tawaif · hireling · quail · brasser · pro · jay · mutton · drab · stew · dollymop · tom · Paphian · loose woman · mort wap-apace · mot · quean · minx · musk cat · trull · trick turner · pross · prostitute · calico queen · skainsmate · lightskirt · tweak · wench · woman of ill fame · comfort girl · street taco · tart · flap · abandons · croshabell · beotch · gillian · wapping mort · cat · bargirl · prossie · hook · slut · pimpette · sex labourer · fornicatrix · hooker · nun · wanton · cockatrice · tib · moll · blowen · vice girl · woman of easy virtue · creature of the night · lady of light virtue · lady of the game · pro skirt · woman of the street · Fulham virgin · punk · coaster · strumpet · thotty · stem siren · nymph of darkness · public woman · party girl · skivvy · prossy · good-time girl · puta · frail sister · laced mutton · quiff · hoe · fille de joie · ribibe · lady of the night · Haymarket ware · Japayuki-san
Translations (5)
ru проститу́тка (female prostitute or harlot) · ru шлю́ха (female prostitute or harlot) · tr karı (female prostitute or harlot) · bg проститу́тка (female prostitute or harlot) · bg уличница (female prostitute or harlot)