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trull

  [truhl]
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–noun
a prostitute; strumpet.
Origin:
1510–20; of uncert. orig.; cf. trollop, G Trulle loose woman
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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 
"a low prostitute or concubine; a drab, strumpet, trollop" [OED], 1519, from Ger. trulle, perhaps cognate with troll (n.), or perhaps from troll (v.), cf. M.H.G. trolle "awkward fellow."
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