An old-fashioned insulting word for a woman considered immoral or loose in behavior.
Origin obscure, possibly from 'troll' (to walk about) combined with '-op,' used from 1600s to describe a promiscuous woman. The term reflects outdated moral judgments.
This word reveals how language preserves sexism—there's no male equivalent, showing how societies historically policed women's behavior far more harshly than men's. Modern dictionaries often mark it as offensive.
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