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trollopy
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[], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- Of clothing, especially a skirt or dress: that hangs loosely or untidily; trailing. Now rare (Scottish regional in later use).
- Chiefly of a woman: negligent or lazy with regard to personal appearance or household cleanliness; slovenly, untidy, dowdy. Also in "trollopy-looking" adj. Now rare (Scottish regional in later use).
- Of a woman: sexually promiscuous or provocative; tarty.
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Origin
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mid 18th century; earliest use found in Samuel Richardson (bap. 1689, d. 1761), printer and author. From trollop + -y
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