trollop

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"But Christian Killip is nothing but a trollop, anyway, sir," said

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  1. noun A woman regarded as slovenly or untidy; a slattern.
  2. noun A strumpet.

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  • He would think her a trollop, no doubt, when she could have just as easily written a letter and entrusted it to one of the more likely servants or to Josh Pickering. —  Mary Balogh - Daring Masquerade.html
  • She will be a great first lady and, no, she is nothing like a trollop. —  WordPress.com News
  • I'll be honest, it would be easy to listen to these songs for a moment and write Lily Allen off as another spoiled pop-trollop with a nice doo and no clue. —  “groovy mother”
  • Wait a minute, didn't Johnny Mac once say to his rich sugarmamma, "At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you *****"? —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • Tom Brokaw ---- Please ask mcmisogynist if he ever called his wife a truly dispicable name in public, and accusing her of being a 'trollop' (that's the nice part of the quote). —  First Read
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  1. Perhaps from troll1, to roll about, wallow.

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  1. An extension of troll; for the termination, of. wallop. gallop. Cf. trollop, n.
  2. from trollop, v.
 

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/ˈtrɑləp/
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