trollop

noun

trol·lop ˈträ-ləp

: a vulgar or disreputable woman

especially : one who engages in sex promiscuously or for money

the tabloids tried to paint the senator's mistress as a trollop

Etymology

perhaps irregular from trull

First Known Use

1621, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of trollop was in 1621

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Style

“Trollop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trollop. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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