trollop

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trol·lop

 (trŏl′əp)
n.
1.
a. A woman considered sexually promiscuous.
b. A woman prostitute.
2. A woman regarded as slovenly or unkempt.

[Perhaps from troll, to roll about, wallow.]
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trollop

(ˈtrɒləp)
n
1. a promiscuous woman, esp a prostitute
2. an untidy woman; slattern
[C17: perhaps from German dialect Trolle prostitute; perhaps related to trull]
ˈtrollopy adj
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trol•lop

(ˈtrɒl əp)

n.
1. an immoral or promiscuous woman, esp. a prostitute.
2. an untidy or slovenly woman; slattern.
[1605–15; earlier trollops; perhaps akin to troll1]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.trollop - a dirty untidy womantrollop - a dirty untidy woman      
slob, sloven, slovenly person, pig - a coarse obnoxious person
2.trollop - a woman adulterertrollop - a woman adulterer      
adulterer, fornicator - someone who commits adultery or fornication
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trollop

noun (Derogatory) slut, prostitute, tart (informal), whore, slag (Brit. slang), wanton, working girl (facetious slang), harlot, hussy, streetwalker, loose woman, fallen woman, scrubber (Brit. & Austral. slang), strumpet, floozy (slang), slattern He behaved towards her as though she was a trollop.
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Translations

trollop

[ˈtrɒləp] N (= slut) → marrana f; (= prostitute) → puta f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

trollop

[ˈtrɒləp] nprostituée f
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trollop

n (dated: = prostitute) → leichtes Mädchen, Straßenmädchen nt; (pej)Schlampe f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

trollop

[ˈtrɒləp] n (old) (offensive) → sgualdrina
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in periodicals archive ?
How leaden-footed, in contrast, was that red-topped Sunday paper's double-page about a trollopy "vice madam" who is writing a book that names four Tories.
One minute she was just Linda's trollopy mum, the next she's the salt of the earth Rovers' manageress, laying down the law and calling everyone lady.