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trollop

/ˈtɹɒl.əp/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about trollop at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A dirty untidy woman.
  2. A woman adulterer.

Origin

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.”).

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