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trull

 (trŭl)
n.
A woman prostitute.

[Perhaps from German Trulle, from Middle High German trulle; akin to Old Norse troll, creature, troll.]
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trull

(trʌl)
n
archaic a prostitute; harlot
[C16: from German Trulle; see trollop]
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trull

(trʌl)

n.
a prostitute; strumpet.
[1510–20; of uncertain orig.; compare trollop, German Trulle loose woman]
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A couple of Bath trulls, I'll answer for them; your quality don't ride about at this time o' night without servants." "Sbodlikins, and that's true," cries the landlady, "you have certainly hit upon the very matter; for quality don't come into a house without bespeaking a supper, whether they eat or no."
Hark'ee, child," says she, "is not that very young gentleman now in bed with some nasty trull or other?" Here Susan smiled, and was silent.
CREON A plague on trulls who court and woo our sons.
The Trulls have rightly recognized the importance of the stories of individual Baptist women who have lived through and survived the recent events of Southern Baptist life.
Edited by Audra and Joe Trull. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2003.
In their recent book Putting Women in Their Place, Joe and Audra Trull set out to introduce readers, both Baptists and others, to the current events and controversies over the idea of female equality and then to offer an alternative view.
The Trulls decided not to rebuild on the river, instead relocating their business to West Main Street in Dudley.
Trull said her shop was originally opened for Southgate residents who had too much furniture when they moved into the complex and to help families dispose of items when a resident passed away.