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单词 trollymog
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trollymogn.

Brit. /ˈtrɒlɪmɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈtrɑliˌmɑɡ/
Forms: 1800s– trollymog, 1900s– trollimog.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymons: trolly n.2, an element of uncertain identity.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Apparently < trolly n.2, combined with a second element of uncertain identity and origin: perhaps an expressive extension (compare e.g. scallywag n., pollywog n. 3), although perhaps compare Mog , pet form of the female forename Margaret , and the related moggie n. 1, or perhaps mog v. 3.
slang (usually derogatory).
1. Originally English regional (Northamptonshire). A slovenly woman, a slattern. Cf. trolly n.2 Now rare.
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1851 T. Sternberg Dial. & Folk-lore Northants. 117 Trolly-mog, a dirty, slovenly female.
1925 W. de la Mare Broomsticks 130 That old trollimog what lives in Hogges Bottom.
1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry xvii. 163 Untidy housewives abound, judging by all the so-called slatterns, trolly-mogs, slovens and tosspots.
2. Used as a playful term of contempt or reproof for a person (originally and esp. a woman). Popularized by the film Hocus Pocus; see quot. 1993.
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1993 M. Garris & N. Cuthbert Hocus Pocus (transcribed from film) All right, you little trollymog... This'll teach you to call people ugly!
1996 E. J. Carroll Dog in Heat is Hot Dog v. 64 You silly little trollymog! Why don't you just snap yourself in leg shackles?.. Marriage is a prison, honey.
2014 @artschoolwank 19 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 22 Aug. 2019) You absolute trollymog.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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