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▪ I. trull|trʌl|
Also 6 trowle, 6–7 trulle, trul, 7 troul.
[= Ger. trulle, Swiss trolle, Swabian trull.]
1. A low prostitute or concubine; a drab, strumpet, trollop.
1519Interl. Four Elements (Percy Soc.) 46, I shall apoynt you a trull of trust, Not a feyrer in this towne! 1591Greene Disc. Coosnage (1592) 15 These common truls..walke abroad..as stales to draw men into hell. 1632Chapman & Shirley Ball ii. i, Have you as much left..as will Keep you and this old troul a fortnight longer? 1737Swift Proposal Badges to Beggars Wks. 1761 III. 337 He and his trull, and his litter of brats. 1871Morley Crit. Misc. 255 Coarse orgies with the trulls of Wapping.
attrib.1898G. Egerton Fantasias 144 Singing a song of the trull forces of nature.
†2. A girl, lass, wench. Obs.
1560Ingelend Disob. Child (Percy Soc.) 26 This mynion here, this myncing trull. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 85 Sow pease (good trull) the Moone past full. a1600J. Wootton Jigge in Eng. Helicon G v j, Heard to each Swaine, seen to each Trull.
▪ II. trull, trulle
obs. ff. troll v., trowel. |